Uninstall Software Without Using Add Remove Programs

Found this article from Saravana's Blog which I believed will be pretty useful as I am not allowed access to the Add Remove Programs (limited administrator access).

Thus I decided to copy what it has been blogged, to remind myself how to overrule my sys administrator ... shhhh... Oh btw, my limited administrator access allows me to install, but doesn't allow me to uninstall from the Add Remove Programs (any other underhand methods will be allowed), pretty DUH right "p

There are two ways to uninstall the software without using add remove programs.

1. Using Installer Folder

• Go to Installer folder. (Windows Start --> Run --> Installer or directly c:\windows\installer). This is the folder where are all installer presents.
• This folder doesnt give any information about the installer. Include comments and Author column in this folder.. (right click column header and choose required columns)
• Comments column will give information regarding that installer..
• Right click the installer and choose uninstall...

2. Using Registry Key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

• Go to registry and open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion key
• Under this section, all the installed software information will be there..
• For.NET Framework 2.0, go to that section under which installstring or installpath key will be there..
• It will point to the folder where installer for that software is there.. You can uninstall using that