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Unsure about deletions
Name: G1952 Date: August 7, 2004 at 10:59:57 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: 486/32MB
Comment:
I know this may sound stupid, but I uninstalled Real Player a couple of days ago and installed Real Alternative. What keys do I need to delete in the registry relating to Real Player? I saw a folder saying "RealNetworks"; should I delete that one? I saw one called "Real Player" too and eleted that one.
start > programs > realplayer > and see if there is an an uninstall option there...
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Response Number 2
Name: Derek Date: August 7, 2004 at 14:00:30 Pacific
Reply:
I assume you've done a proper uninstall of all Real stuff and reg entries remain (no surprise).
Yes RealNetworks & RealPlayer are all to do with that crowd so should be quite safe to delete.
Always worth exporting your registry first (just to be on the safe side), under Registry drop down at top in regedit. Then you can merge it back by double clicking the .reg file you saved if you have taken out the wrong thing.
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