The new method of uninstalling Windows XP system

It is a common thing to install and uninstall software. It is necessary to use these new and old software, and many people dismiss it. When you mention software uninstallation, you may not agree, because everyone will operate! You usually use three methods to uninstall the software: run the Uninstall uninstaller that comes with the software, run “ add/remove programs in the Windows XP Control Panel, or use Third party software to uninstall. But now we are not talking about such a simple uninstall, but some alternative uninstallation.

First, the failure recovery console uninstall

As we all know, Windows XP "recovery console" can diagnose and restore the system, but it does not uninstall the program, if you want to uninstall It can be operated like this:

Go to the “cmdcons” directory under the system partition, find the installation file of the "Recovery Console" and delete it; then select “Start →Set &rarr ; control panel & rarr; system & rdquo;, in the "system properties" dialog box, select the "advanced" tab, click "start and restore failure" under the "set" button, in the pop-up In the “Startup and Recovery Failure” dialog box, click the “Edit” button to delete the following statement in the pop-up window: “C:CMDCONSBOOTSECT.DAT=“Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console” /cmdcons” can.

Second, the uninstallation of stubborn programs

When uninstalling software, we often encounter such things: some programs are very stubborn, even if you use various tricks can not be uninstalled, this is Because the program is not completely installed, the program file is destroyed, or the program installation directory has been deleted, etc., you can use the Msicuu.exe, Msizap.exe that comes with Windows XP to uninstall it completely.

First open the Windows XP installation CD, install "Support Tools", and then go to the Support Tools installation directory (X: Program Files Support Tools), find Msicuu.exe and double-click, then a "pop" will pop up The Windows Installer Clean Up window displays a list of all currently installed programs. You choose the stubborn program and click the “Rmove” button to uninstall.

If the above method is invalid, it is recommended that you uninstall it with Msizap.exe by opening the registry editor, locating HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall, and finding the identity of the stubborn program in the left item (for example, {268723B7-A994-4286 -9F85-B974D5CAFC7B}), and then select “ Start → Program & Rarr; Windows Support Tools & Rarr; Command Prompt & rdquo; command, at the command prompt, enter the following command: msizap T {identity of the stubborn program}, press Enter You can uninstall the stubborn program.

Third, uninstall "Add or remove programs" in the program name remaining in the

Control Panel in the "Add or Remove Programs" is a common method to uninstall the software. However, after some software is uninstalled, its program name will remain in the “Add or Remove Programs” (for example, VoptXP V7.12), even if you click the “Change/Delete” button, it will not be cleared. You can clear them like this:

Select “Start →Run”, enter the “Regedit” command in the pop-up "Run" dialog to open the Registry Editor, first click Register Table & ldquo; File & rdquo; under the menu "export registry file" & rdquo; backup the registry, delete if the problem, you can restore the original registry.

Next, locate the following location HKEY_LO-CAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall, find the residual program name (for example, VoptXP V7.12), and delete it.

In order to completely uninstall, you should also select the “edit → find" menu command in the registry, open the “ find & rdquo; dialog box, enter in the "find the target" Uninstall the program name, find the project related to the program and delete it, and then continue to use the "find the next" command to find and delete all the programs of the program.

Tip: After the software is uninstalled by the above method, some files remain in the original directory. You don't have to worry about it, just delete the installation directory.