2008/4/1, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 31 Mar 2008 at 14:53, John W. Kennedy wrote: > > ... > > > I realize that the root cause is Microsoft's incompetence, and, in fact, > > I plan to migrate to a Mac ASAP (Linux is out of the question, as one of > > my requirements is Sibelius), but I'm not quite ready for that, yet, and > > > There are freeware alternatives to Sibelius - depends what you need > of course. Rosegarden for example has come on leaps and bounds > lately, I believe. OT for this list though. > > BTW I believe you're not subscribed - you might like to consider > doing this. http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for info. > > Oh, depending on your confidence (& competence with XP, I have to > say), it is possible to go through the registry and remove by hand > all (well, "enough") references to particular installed software to > do a full "uninstall". It's tedious, and /very/ fraught though. It > looks like the only thing you haven't tried! Very definitely /NOT/ > for the casual user - and very much a final kill-or-cure resort, and > make sure you have a registry backup plus recovery disk handy just in > case it goes pearshaped, which is quite likely.
In the context of thoroughly uninstalling downloaded files, even registry files, John - and others - might be interested to learn of a tool called Revo Uninstaller (http://www.revouninstaller.com/). I have found it very useful for cleaning my Windows setups of stubborn files left untouched by, e g, the Windows uninstaller.... Henri
