PC program removal issue

[!EpIc fAiL!]

I was going to uninstall some of my older games and i went to the windows "uninstall or change program". When everything was loaded, none of my games appeared in the list. Any ideas why? All my games still work, they just don't show up in the list.

 

[Beta]

Hmm, you could try a 3rd paty uninstalling program and see if they show up

http://www.ccleaner.com/

 

[metro]

Another option for an uninstaller is Revo Uninstaller.

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[ronpaul]

Are they games from Steam? Sometimes they'll be massed into the 'Steam' entry in Add/Remove programs. If so uninstall them in Steam itself.

If not and if you really don't want them, you can delete the folders they're in, delete everything in them, then run CCleaner's registry cleaner and it will delete the registry history of it which will include whether or not it was showing up in the installed programs list.

 

[!EpIc fAiL!]

K thanks, I was trying to uninstall Battlegrounds 2 and that's when i realized there were no games. Ill try deleting the files. But its not just steam games. No game shows up, Sims 3, WoW, BF2, etc. I might also try a system restore, it may be a pc issue cause they were all there when i checked last.

 

[Passerby]

sometime the uninstaller isnt registered in windows but there still is a uninstaller with the games program files so just look in there for it.