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pranavtulsian
Hi, Ive been a long time user of CCleaner and absolutely love it biggrin.gif. There is one thing that I have been trying to fix for ages.

In the Cleaner, in Applications Tab, there are many programs that I dont have on my computer anymore, eg Microsoft Office 2003, I Un Installed that a year ago, but it still shows under the title 'Applications' in the Applications tab.

There are other applications that are in that list that I dont have on my computer anymore, please advice me on how to remove them.

Thanks.
davey
QUOTE (pranavtulsian @ Dec 21 2008, 09:17 PM) *

Hello pranavtulsian,
Welcome to the forums !!! biggrin.gif
Unless you know what you are doing you may just want to leave these alone.

CCleaner.exe program contains some embedded files . One file is called winapp.ini .
This text file can be reviewed to see what applications are "looked for" and how they are "Detected".
They also show what areas will be cleaned when "detected".
You can download the latest version from this thread.
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=121736
The files can be downloaded and unzipped for viewing.
You will see some of those Applications that you have in your list. They are being "detected" because those keys still exist in your Registry. Even though you don't use Office 2003 it may show in your Applications list because you have some software from MS installed related to Excel,Word, or Powerpoint. These are there so you can view certain files.
I just leave these Applications alone in the CCleaner tab. Every now and then I will see some file being cleaned related to these Applications.
Other applications may be "detected" because the keys were not removed when the application was uninstalled.
Unless you know what you are doing, I would just leave them alone.
Good luck, smile.gif davey
pranavtulsian
Tbh, I dont really know what Im doing, so I will take your advice and leave it, thanks for your help.
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