Boy this post seems to have caused a lot of confusion, for which I will have to take the blame.
So I shall try to clarify.
The sequence of events began with the installation of a thing called a KWorld DVD Maker USB 2.0, which was supposed to connect the computer to a VCR. The plan was to copy VHS tapes to the computer, and make DVDs.
The KWorld installed a USB Driver, a 2860 device driver to give it its full title. It also came with 2 apps for video editing, both from CyberLink, PowerProducer 4 and PowerDirector 5. The driver is listed in Add/Remove, but I was unable to remove it. The 2 CyberLink apps only appeared in the Start Menu, when I moused over the name in the menu the pop up or drop down, however you like to call it, had an Uninstall option. This did not work. I have deleted the entries from the Start Menu, but Program Files remain.
So to address some of the responses which I may have overlooked, the driver still showed in Add/Remove, but it did not show in My Computer> Properties> Hardware>Device Manager>Sound, Video & Game Controllers, as it did when it was "working," for lack of a better word. It does appear in Revo, with a circle with a slash through it, and an attempt to remove it has just succeeded, and it no longer appears in Add/Remove! Yippee
Thanks to Icedrake for that link. Revo has not been able to do anything about the CyberLink Program Files - the original post was after opinions about whether, if I removed these manually, would CCLeaner clean out the remnants in the registry?
DennisD Prior to this it did not appear in either the Task Manager (I suppose I would not have been able to delete it if it had been running), nor did it appear in procexp.exe. Thanks for the link though, I did not intentionally disregard your post, more a case of overlooked. No offence was intended, and I hope none was taken.
The CyberLink apps still remain in Program Files, they are not really doing any harm, but I would like to see the back of them, they crashed on every attempt to open them.
The KWorld device has been returned.
I have just given up on another device which was supposed to connect the VCR to the computer, at least this time I was able to uninstall the software without anything more traumatic than a restart. It seems that connecting via USB, or by USB and a sound jack, just does not do the job. My next attempt will be with a Video/TV card, I am hopeful that a big fat RF cable and a sound lead will be capable of successful video capture.
Andavari, I can hear the cogs turning. These days I do capture with DVD, but I have some treasured stuff on VHS which I want to convert to DVD (just as I converted my vinyl and cassette tapes to computer files) - otherwise I would not be putting myself through all this. This is my last analogue to digital conversion "adventure." (There are some on line tutorials, one including a zip file of freeware apps). Once I have converted the VHS to DVD, the TV card may get some use as a digital TV receiver, when I can be bothered to get an antenna, (with an antenna I can also use the computer as a digital recorder) this is not a high priority.
clarityx, thanks for the suggestion. I am more than a little wary of regedit, I got burned only a couple of months back and had no choice but to reinstall Windows, lost all my emails and bookmarks. That's why I was asking if CCleaner would deal with this.
I hope I have clarified things. And many thanks to those who have posted helpful suggestions, I hope I have not at any point appeared ungrateful. The most recent, unsuccessful, attempt led me to think the VCR had died, and I went and bought another. It has all been a little hectic and fraught around here, hence my lack of attention to posts, and poor explanations. Forums only work due to the efforts of users who contribute, so I am very appreciative of all replies I have received. ![:D]()