scared to edit registry!!

Hi,

I once had software called Winamp installed. I no longer wanted it so went
through the proper uninstall process and it all went smoothly. However now
when I boot up and log into Vista I get a little error message saying
there's a problem with winamp and that I should re-install to rectify it!
it has an OK button that gets rid of the message. It's not causing any
problems but it's beginning to annoy me!

I have tried CCleaner to clean up the registry and it did find many
references to winamp and it cleaned it all up but despite that the darned
message persists! I had a look in regedit and clicked to find instances of
winamp and there are lots of keys. I was very tempted to just delete them
all. Would this be foolhardy or would it solve my problem?

Many thanks!!


Jim (Glasgow UK)

jarsek wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I once had software called Winamp installed. I no longer wanted it
> so went through the proper uninstall process and it all went
> smoothly. However now when I boot up and log into Vista I get a
> little error message saying there's a problem with winamp and that
> I should re-install to rectify it! it has an OK button that gets
> rid of the message. It's not causing any problems but it's
> beginning to annoy me!
> I have tried CCleaner to clean up the registry and it did find many
> references to winamp and it cleaned it all up but despite that the
> darned message persists! I had a look in regedit and clicked to
> find instances of winamp and there are lots of keys. I was very
> tempted to just delete them all. Would this be foolhardy or would
> it solve my problem?
> Many thanks!!
>
>
> Jim (Glasgow UK)

What made you first go to the registry?

Anything just in the STARTUP folder?

Speaking of the registry - anything in the RUN key(s) of the registry for
Current User and/or Local Machine?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

if nothing else works re-install winamp and then uninstall it - this time it
should thoroughly uninstall
--
John the West Ham fan


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"jarsek" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I once had software called Winamp installed. I no longer wanted it so
> went through the proper uninstall process and it all went smoothly.
> However now when I boot up and log into Vista I get a little error message
> saying there's a problem with winamp and that I should re-install to
> rectify it! it has an OK button that gets rid of the message. It's not
> causing any problems but it's beginning to annoy me!
>
> I have tried CCleaner to clean up the registry and it did find many
> references to winamp and it cleaned it all up but despite that the darned
> message persists! I had a look in regedit and clicked to find instances
> of winamp and there are lots of keys. I was very tempted to just delete
> them all. Would this be foolhardy or would it solve my problem?
>
> Many thanks!!
>
>
> Jim (Glasgow UK)

"Death" <-x> wrote in message
news:4c0271b3$...
>
> "jarsek" <> wrote in message
> news:B1E72D29-8C75-473C-B62A-...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I once had software called Winamp installed. I no longer wanted it so
>> went through the proper uninstall process and it all went smoothly.
>> However now when I boot up and log into Vista I get a little error
>> message saying there's a problem with winamp and that I should re-install
>> to rectify it! it has an OK button that gets rid of the message. It's
>> not causing any problems but it's beginning to annoy me!
>>
>> I have tried CCleaner to clean up the registry and it did find many
>> references to winamp and it cleaned it all up but despite that the darned
>> message persists! I had a look in regedit and clicked to find instances
>> of winamp and there are lots of keys. I was very tempted to just delete
>> them all. Would this be foolhardy or would it solve my problem?
>>
>> Many thanks!!
>>
>>
>> Jim (Glasgow UK)
> DL and run this
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb963902.aspx
>
> Most likely you will find the offending program in
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
>
> As you peruse thru, you can right click on any entry, and select search
> online to find details.
> You can disable it first with the check box, and if that safely does the
> trick, you may then delete the entry.
> After that, CCleaner will clean those registry entries if you so desire.
>
> --
> Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
> Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

What a useful little utility!!! It has fixed my problem! Thank you for
sharing this - I'm very grateful!!

Jim

I considered doing that but another contributor has now come up with the
perfect solution!

Thanks anway for the thought!

Jim

"housetrained" <> wrote in message
news:4c0274a7$0$24646$...
> if nothing else works re-install winamp and then uninstall it - this time
> it should thoroughly uninstall
> --
> John the West Ham fan
>
>
> <><
>
>
> "jarsek" <> wrote in message
> news:B1E72D29-8C75-473C-B62A-...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I once had software called Winamp installed. I no longer wanted it so
>> went through the proper uninstall process and it all went smoothly.
>> However now when I boot up and log into Vista I get a little error
>> message saying there's a problem with winamp and that I should re-install
>> to rectify it! it has an OK button that gets rid of the message. It's
>> not causing any problems but it's beginning to annoy me!
>>
>> I have tried CCleaner to clean up the registry and it did find many
>> references to winamp and it cleaned it all up but despite that the darned
>> message persists! I had a look in regedit and clicked to find instances
>> of winamp and there are lots of keys. I was very tempted to just delete
>> them all. Would this be foolhardy or would it solve my problem?
>>
>> Many thanks!!
>>
>>
>> Jim (Glasgow UK)
>

"Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
news:...
> jarsek wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I once had software called Winamp installed. I no longer wanted it
>> so went through the proper uninstall process and it all went
>> smoothly. However now when I boot up and log into Vista I get a
>> little error message saying there's a problem with winamp and that
>> I should re-install to rectify it! it has an OK button that gets
>> rid of the message. It's not causing any problems but it's
>> beginning to annoy me!
>> I have tried CCleaner to clean up the registry and it did find many
>> references to winamp and it cleaned it all up but despite that the
>> darned message persists! I had a look in regedit and clicked to
>> find instances of winamp and there are lots of keys. I was very
>> tempted to just delete them all. Would this be foolhardy or would
>> it solve my problem?
>> Many thanks!!
>>
>>
>> Jim (Glasgow UK)
>
> What made you first go to the registry?
>
> Anything just in the STARTUP folder?
>
> Speaking of the registry - anything in the RUN key(s) of the registry for
> Current User and/or Local Machine?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

I did go to the msconfig to see if it was in the startup but it wasn't. It
wasn't even there while it was installed!

Anyway "Death" has pointed me to a very useful utility and I unchecked the
box for Orb's winamp and I rebooted and Success!!

I am well pleased and thanks for your response.

Jim

jarsek wrote:
> What a useful little utility!!! It has fixed my problem! Thank
> you for sharing this - I'm very grateful!!

Did you also actually go in and remove the entry?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
news:...
> jarsek wrote:
>> What a useful little utility!!! It has fixed my problem! Thank
>> you for sharing this - I'm very grateful!!
>
> Did you also actually go in and remove the entry?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

Err - no... since the annoying message was no longer appearing I was happy
with that. Do you think I should?

On Sun, 30 May 2010 15:41:56 +0100, jarsek wrote:

> "Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> jarsek wrote:
>>> What a useful little utility!!! It has fixed my problem! Thank
>>> you for sharing this - I'm very grateful!!
>>
>> Did you also actually go in and remove the entry?
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>
> Err - no... since the annoying message was no longer appearing I was happy
> with that. Do you think I should?

Not necessary.

However, maybe the utility (which you didn't identify) will tell you where
the entry is and (if you're using Autoruns) it will even uninstall it for
you, IIRC.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)