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[Solved] Add/Remove menu

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I have Win98SE and I used the control panel to remove some games. It seems to take them out with the "add/remove programs" menu because they don't work anymore, but when I go back to the "add/remove programs", they are still listed. At that point I try to remove the name but can't. Any ideas?
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I'ts usually best to use the games uninstall menu if there is one...If not and I find that if the listings still there in ADD REMOVE... I highlight and remove again...When I do this I am told that the apps already been removed and do I want to remove the reference to it...or words to that effect...sometimes you have to highlight an remove it a couple of times before you get that message...

Failing that do you have a Reg Cleaner with an un-install menu...

EDIT: bufs suggestion of Tweak UI is a better and safer option...
Found this in one of my help folders I keep....

Sometimes you uninstall programs but their listing remains in Add/Remove Programs. This happens most often when you either delete the program without going through the uninstall procedure, you delete it without going through Add/Remove, or the program is just persistent. While several shareware programs exist to purge your Add/Remove list, you can do it yourself by editing the Registry. Go to Start/Run, type REGEDIT in the box to open the Registry Editor, and navigate down the left pane to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall. Delete the unwanted listing(s), close the Editor, and reboot. Don't delete the wrong keys!
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