Registry error?

Re: Uninstalled programs showing up in my notification settings

As for the uninstalled programs, they're probably uninstalled with the uninstaller that came with the program, am i wrong? And that uninstaller most likely didn't delete it's registry entries. Thats probably why they show up there.
A good program that uninstalls programs, and deletes it's leftover files and registry entries with it is Revo Uninstaller. I always use this program when uninstalling programs, so i get rid of the registry entries too, because a packed registry can slow the computer down.

I dun know if it's possible, but if you download and install Revo Uninstaller and try to uninstall those leftover programs, i think you might be able to get rid of them completely.
The process will go:
The uninstall will fail (Since they're already uninstalled)
Scanned for leftover files and registry entries
Then you see a list of them all, which belonged to that program, check them all and delete them.

Then the program should disappear completely, from the notification window you took a screenshot of too. Do that with every program you've uninstalled, but somehow still is there.
Good Luck!

If it doesn't work, let me know

Re: Uninstalled programs showing up in my notification settings

Hi, it will to an extent it misses some essential steps (copied from another site no doubt)

Follow this and all will be well:-

Open the attached .zip file and run it, from the returned .reg file right click on it and select "merge".

Then:- Go to Start all programs accessories and right click on command prompt select “run as administrator”

At the prompt type:- taskkill /im explorer.exe /f press enter
(Your desktop will go blank)

Then:- On the keyboard press ctrl+Alt+Del together and "Start Task Manager" Go to the applications Tab and select "New Task" in the box type
explorer.exe press enter your desktop will repopulate.

Restart your computer.

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I've been having a few issues with my PC ever since I reinstalled Windows 7 on it and I seem to be having some issues with it.

Currently my first issue was with AIM/Yahoo where my friend's display pictures won't come in, I somehow managed to fix it (Logging in/out of my old PC fixed AIM, not sure how I did for Yahoo) and it seems fine now. Although Yahoo seems to have 2 processes according to my notifications (Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo Messenger Tray, not sure if they're supposed to both be there).

The second is with my notifications showing inactive/uninstalled programs, I did all the steps that I was told here (For reference: http://www.techsupportforum.com/for...ng-up-in-my-notification-settings-556134.html) however it seemed to be a temp fix and it's happening again (Things like Windows Update, Java Console, email notifications aren't active but the list shows them, again forgive me if that's supposed to happen)

And the last is icons for shortcuts aren't showing up. Like instead of seeing the YouTube logo as an icon for a shortcut the image is of a globe, here's a pic for reference:


All of these things seem to point to me that something is wrong with my registry, the issue is if it's something I can fix without having to wipe my HDD and reinstalling Windows 7 again.

Thanks in advance.