Uninstall a program manually in Windows

There are times when Add or Remove Programs tool in control panel is unable to uninstall a program for various reasons.Uninstalling the program manually will be the way to go.Manually uninstalling a program entails editing registry keys.Serious problems such as Operating System instability and the like may result if the registry is edited incorrectly.I recommend creating a restore point before going ahead to edit the registry.To uninstall a program manually:

1. Click Start,then Run,type regedit and hit Enter
2. Locate the following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall in the registry
3. The Uninstall registry key shows a list of programs installed on your computer.Click on the program you want to uninstall and click Export.
4. In the Export Registry File box,choose where you want to save the registry key and click Save.This enables you to restore the registry key in case the program does not uninstall.
5. Right Click on the program you want to uninstall in the left pane and click Delete.Click Yes to confirm you want to delete the registry key.
6. The program should no longer be in the list of programs in Add or Remove Program.
7. In case the program doesn’t uninstall successfully,restore the registry key by clicking it.Then click Yes to confirm that you want to add the key to the registry.