how to properly uninstall?

[jister]

if good times go bad and a game install fubared on me, how do i properly uninstall without uninstall.exe and not showing up in my software list? tried a system recovery to before the install but it just stays there?

[zombie@computer]

if good times go bad and a game install fubared on me, how do i properly uninstall without uninstall.exe and not showing up in my software list? tried a system recovery to before the install but it just stays there?

umm, shift-delete the folder ?

[jister]

yes? dunno never heard about that... what does the shift suppose to do? will it delete all related files? registry stuff ect...

[904]

delete will move all your files to the recycle bin. shift-delete just deletes it. it doesn't do anything to your registry, but since you reverted to a point before you installed it, that's just what you want.

[zombie@computer]

Even if you didnt system recover, there isnt much else to do without the uninstaller.

Unless offcourse you want to manually plow through your registry and delete all related entrys...

[904]

in that case, maybe one of those registry cleaners can help, but I'd be careful with that.

[jister]

hmm okai thx guys, I am planning to reinstall after i removed this install, so will that also sorta clean/replace the registry entries?

[904]

I guess it will, but try to get it as clean as possible before you start.