Charles Scaglione (1:106/2000) wrote to Steven Horn at 11:03 on 05 Jul 2003:

 CS> There are several ways to do it.  If you feel comfortable using the
 CS> registry editor (either regedit.exe or regedt32.exe) you can
 CS> navigate  your way to:

 CS> HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\uninstall

 CS> Each program listed in Control Panel Add\Remove will have an
 CS> uninstall  key listed there.  Just remove the key (delete it).  In
 CS> the event you  don't have permissions, use regedt32.exe and assign
 CS> permissions to  yourself.  But generally those keys are not
 CS> permission locked.

Thanks for the tip.  It worked like a charm. 

 CS> The second way is a brute force method that works with the hotfix 
 CS> uninstall folders.  Just delete the folder including any sub
 CS> folders  that exist under it.  Then open Control Panel, Add/Remove
 CS> and click on  the uninstall button for that particular hotfix.  The
 CS> system will  respond back that it can not remove the hotfix.

 CS> It will then offer you the choice of removing the entry from
 CS> Control  Panel, Add/Remove.  Select yes.

I've used that one before but not in the context of the hotfix uninstall
folders.  It too does what it is supposed to do.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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