How to remove all items containing a string in Windows registry?

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I am trying to remove all reference to 'Business Objects' on my machine as my previous install was not right and doesnt give option to uninstall.

I am able to delete one by one with find next (f3 => and delete), but this takes long time.

Is there a good way to search all references and delete them all at a time.

Am on Windows 2008 Server R2.

Not sure how can this be acheived programmatcially. Is there any vb script to do this? or is done differently ?

music2myear · Answer 1 · 2011-05-31 15:16:25Z

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When uninstalling, use RevoUninstaller and then CCleaner. This'll get just about every reference relatively safely.

answered May 31 '11 at 15:16

	Revo – Nitrodist May 31 '11 at 15:22
	Thx for the link. – music2myear May 31 '11 at 16:37

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paradroid · Answer 2 · 2011-05-31 14:57:39Z

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I use Registry Workshop. You can use the free trial to search for entries and delete them.

answered May 31 '11 at 14:57

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ultrasawblade · Answer 3 · 2012-03-27 18:35:57Z

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I've had good luck with Nirsoft's RegScanner - seems way faster than F3 in regedit.exe.

answered Mar 27 at 18:35

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