Yes, this is what I would do. Search for any file or folder with the name of the scanner or the name of the icon. Delet it. Or, use a program called CCCleaner that will fix the unnecessary registries, the start programs and even erase programs. I love CCCleaner, never had probelms with it.
Marcio -----Original Message----- >From: Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> >Sent: May 21, 2009 10:56 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] A silly scanner problem - > >>The most reliable way of dealing with this issue is to do what used to >>be called a nuke & pave i.e., save your data, erase every thing on the >>installation drive then reinstall XP then run install SP3, then finally >>allow it to update, and then finally reinstall all of your programs. >>That's a lot of work, but it works every time and most folks find their >>XP system runs a lot faster for a while since a lot of crud has been >>gotten rid of. > >Seems like a heck of a lot of work to just get rid of an icon. > >I would double check that all the software related to the old scanner is >deleted. Then I would run a registry cleaner. That should detect orphaned >registry keys and prompt you to delete them. > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
