Orris Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Recently a freeware program surreptitiously added Fliptoast to my PC. I tried to remove it via Control Panel, but an (Inactive) icon remained in the gadget bar on screen right. I treid CCleaner but it couldn't see anything left. Went into regedit and found a bit more (under Fliptoast). Icon stayed. Someone said download Fliptoast and ask CCleaner to remove the whole thing, so I did that. Guess what? Now I have two Fliptoast icons in the Gadget bar, and there was even bigger pile of debris in the registry. Why can't CCleaner find and remove either the whole program or the stray bits left over? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 CCleaner isn't really meant to clean up after crappy uninstallers. I'd talk to the Fliptoast people if I were you. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 13, 2012 Moderators Share Posted January 13, 2012 Make sure you have rebooted lately. Try deleting it in safe mode. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orris Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Sadly, the "crappy uninstaller" was C Cleaner. It was given the chance to remove the unmodified Fliptoast and left a pile of stuff behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 CCleaner simply uses the uninstaller provided by FlipToast. Try Revo Uninstall or, as suggested, get in contact with the FlipToast developers. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 You suffered what you call a surreptitious installation. That is misbehavior. Sounds like malware to me. Why give it a second chance. Someone gave you bad advice to follow. It is good advice if you can trust the intentions of those that created FlipToast. Do you know for sure what FlipToast is ? Did it even come from Facebook (which I refuse to be contaminated with) or something more evil ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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