Help!?!?

[Charlie Brown]

Right,

I used to be a Rail and Plane simulator fanatic - when I didn't have a life.

I managed to delete plane simulator ages ago but rail simulator won't budge!

I go onto control panel, add or remove programs, click remove...but the bugger won't go! Install shield comes up...loads but then nothing.

It's taking up 2,358,000 MB so I wan't it gone!

...Any programs/software out there (free) that will sift it?

Cheers.

[Booche]

http://www.fastregistryfixes.com/wiz...er_review.html

Used that a few times in my past on certain stubborn programs

If that fails (doubtfull though) you could do the long winded way:

OK. Try uninstalling manually but follow these steps precisely.

Be aware that these steps may not remove everything associated with the application and can impact other applications on the computer. Have a backup or restore point and use caution.

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Find the directory for the application and delete all the files in the directory. Delete the directory.
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Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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To remove the application entry from Add/Remove Programs (if present) open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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Some applications have Services attached to them. If this is the case, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es, locate and delete the service.
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In Windows Explorer, navigate to the individual user settings and delete program references. Common places to check would be:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]

If no entries were found in the previous step and the application launches automatically, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
and delete the entry.

[Jiggles]

Just a note! Be really careful when messing about in the registry! One wrong file deletion and thats your PC needing a reinstall!

[Charlie Brown]

Thanks David...means nothing to me though.

Aghgh Callum!

No free software?

[Jiggles]

Just go to program files folder and delete the folder with the program in it. It will leave things in the registry but it will get rid of most of the crap!

Try this: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

[DazzyD]

From what I can gather CCleaner is a good little program.

This one has a 30 day fully functioning trial so you could try it then bin it if you don't want to buy:

http://www.revouninstaller.com/

[SC Events]

Plane simulator

...Don't you mean Flight Simulator