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Removing LEGACY_ keys from registry

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by jeremy the it guy 2 views

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I installed Forte UDS and it installs 2 services that are LEGACY services. I can't install them and without installing them, I can't install the a new version of the software. Is there anyway to uninstall a legacy service or remove a legacy key from the registry? Thanks, Jeremy

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by thechas

To manually un-install anything, you need to go through 3 steps;

Remove the references from the system files.
(Autoexec, Config, Win, Sys)

Remove the registry keys.
The more you know about the service, the more successful you will be.
I have had to search the registry with 4 or more keywords in order to wipe out a device driver.

REMEMBER, proceed with caution when editing the registry. Deleteing or modifying the wrong value can cause the PC to no longer boot.

Remove the files forthe program / service.
Again, the more you know about what you are looking for the better.
Most of the time, files for a given application have the same creation date.

AGAIN, proceed with caution when deleteing files.

Chas

by jeremy the it guy

I went to microsoft and I was informed that once you uninstall a program with legacy services, once you reboot, they will uninstall themselves and it worked. Thanks though. Jeremy

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