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How do I make Windows XP machine stop trying to use uninstalled Java JDK (1.6.0_13)

My Windows XP workstation at the office had several old versions of the Java JDK installed on it. Today I decided to install the newest Java JDK and uninstall the older ones. BIG MISTAKE APPARENTLY! I don't understand why, but XP seems to think that one of the removed JDK installations is the one that it wants to use. Not sure if it i...

Uninstalling rails and gems, getting error "cannot uninstall, check 'gem list -d ...'

I'm going to start with the usual noob line, "I'm new to rails". Oh, and I'm running Mac OSX 10.6.4 I've been following a bunch of guides to get set up, specifically these two here and here. The guides are great, the reason I'm using the second one is because of RVM and the reason I'm using the first is for MYSQL. Anyway, when I star...

How to store data that remains after uninstall

I want to store some data that should remain also after application uninstall and to be accessible by a new version of this application. Share preferences/files are not a solution as they are removed when program is uninstalled, also writing to internal memory is not a solution (also removed with uninstall). Writing to external public fo...

uninstall program completely

how can i remove a visual studio and its file and its registry entry to remove visual studio completely from my computer? do you know software in this case? ...

How to remove a single registry VALUE at uninstall of an MSI?

There is a particular registry value that my application sometimes creates during execution, i.e. NOT at installation. This value is within a registry key that I don't want to delete; I just want to delete the value that I created. Because it's not created at install it's not automatically deleted at uninstall by windows installer. What ...