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Offline wkiml

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Computer help again
« on: August 14, 2011, 10:35:37 AM »
I really screwed up this time...I had an external drive that died awhile back...some of my programs are no longer working as it seems part of the folders but not all were moved to the  external J drive ...when trying to remove these programs so as too download them again, the remove wizard keeps cancelling the operation as it says folder or drive J not accessable

Any ideas how to remove only the portion of a program that still resides on my C drive

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Re: Computer help again
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2011, 10:42:06 AM »
Manually delete and edit the registry maybe? I'm not sure either, there is probably a easier way.
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Re: Computer help again
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2011, 02:34:45 PM »
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Don't worry about the pay version.  The free one is all you need.
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Re: Computer help again
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2011, 05:53:33 PM »
ccleaner is great
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Re: Computer help again
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 06:33:02 PM »
Quote from: cramx3 on August 14, 2011, 05:53:33 PM
ccleaner is great

Im sure its a great product but not working for me
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Quote from: senecadawg2 on July 17, 2012, 10:54:32 PM
In defense of peanut butter...

try getting the neighbor's dog to lick your balls with a spoonful of chummus.

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Re: Computer help again
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2011, 07:26:32 PM »
Try manually deleting the files then using tje registry cleaner to clean the garbage left behind from your program.
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Re: Computer help again
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2011, 10:08:09 AM »
Okay....another question for the computer saavy

My computer is at the point whereas, I've decided to try to reset it back to factory default..all my pics and music have been saved

Problem is I don't have the recovery disc ( I recently moved and its more than likely buried in a box in a storage unit at this point) If  I download a recovery disc from a website/forum do I need the original registry key to activite it? If I do, how can I find mine without finding the original disc?

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Re: Computer help again
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2011, 09:46:39 PM »
Its usually on a sticker that is on your computer.
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Re: Computer help again
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2011, 10:00:39 PM »
It depends usually. If you bought the computer from a manufacturer such as Dell, Acer, or HP, they will attach a small sticker that looks like this. Its on the bottom or side of the machine and depending on the type of license you bought, can be used again. Otherwise if you personally purchased a CD, it will come with a serial inside of the packaging so you need to find it. The actual recovery CD is just a copy of whatever operating system you bought with the machine sometimes with other tools on it for recovering information or tinkering with a rescue partition if one exists, and has no activation information. If you don't have a sticker and don't remember ever purchasing Windows anywhere, you might want to consider alternatives or go buy a license. If you want to save cash and find the recovery disk with the operating system you want, you can just buy a digital license and install the operating system from the recovery cd and everything will update through Windows update fine.

Hope this helps.
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