Re: Unable to uninstall Windows Livw Messenger

Greetings Cabby,

What it really means is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs

take a look at the permissions for that key.

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"Cabby" <> wrote in message news:...
> I'm trying to uninstall Messenger so I can reinstall a clean version
> but all I get is
> cannot access
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE32\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cu rrentVersion\SharedDLLs
> but when I look in the registry I don't have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE32
> Just HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> any help would be appreciated

From Jonathan Kay: > "What it really means is
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs"
> Thanks for the translation of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE32. I was able to use
this to fix an Adobe updater install (8.1.4) that was not working.

I kept on getting a 1402 error saying the specific key in question did
not have the correct rights set up. I was able to find the key and
correct everything thanks to the above!! Good Stuff, Johnathan!!!!


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