short_steve277 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 i have deleted freshdownload ages ago but it shows up in the cleaner section under applications in internet. how do i fully delete it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiresInTheSky Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 please see here, http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=43787 and substitute in the folder called freshdownload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyKlein Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Go to Start > Run > Regedit Drill down to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FreshDevices subkey ('folder') RIGHTclick the FreshDevices subkey, and choose 'delete' from the context menu. That will stop CCLeaner from 'detecting' the application. Tony CLSID List - A Collection of Autostart Locations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_steve277 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share Posted July 30, 2006 why doesn't ccleaner delete programs in the registry that i have uninstalled. i have found alot of unused programs in the registry. i don't want to delete anything from it because i don't trust myself knowing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyKlein Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 why doesn't ccleaner delete programs in the registry that i have uninstalled. i have found alot of unused programs in the registry. i don't want to delete anything from it because i don't trust myself knowing me. No application is able to detect and remove all registry keys pertaining to software you no longer have installed. This is simply because it wasn't THERE when the application was installed in the first place, and hence it is unable to determine without a doubt what registry keys and values belong to the application in question. Such is life... In my experience MOST uninstallers leave an enormous amount of junk behind. The only way around this is using an install monitor like TotalUninstall, Ashampoo Uninstaller and so on. Such software take snapshots of the Registry before and after, so that you know exactly what files and reg keys and values have been added, removed, or altered. It really isn't fair to 'blame' CCLeaner for not being clairvoyant... Tony CLSID List - A Collection of Autostart Locations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 It really isn't fair to 'blame' CCLeaner for not being clairvoyant... I much prefer CCleaner to be on the cautious side of reg cleaning. I have tried some more aggressive (but supposedly safe) reg cleaners and have been scared by the amount of stuff they find, alot of which clearly is best left alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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