Thus, there arises need of Windows 10/11 Repair tool which can fix the issue automatically and expeditiously. Furthermore, to find what causes dysfunction of any part is quite difficult and fixing the issue time consuming. Luckily, there is an easy way to manually remove these stuck entries from the list.Windows Operating System is made from multiple components, inter-related to each other and occurrence of problem in any one of them leads to interruption in proper functioning of the other(s). It requires some registry editing, so be sure to make a backup of your registry first in case you mess something up. To open the registry, click on Start and type in regedit.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Now navigate to the following registry key and expand it.
You’ll see quite a few entries listed, some of which have friendly names and some that have a really long identifier. You can easily identify the programs with the long identifier by just clicking on it and looking for DisplayName at the right. Now you might be wondering why all the programs you have listed under Programs and Features are not showing up under this registry key? The reason is because you might have 32-bit programs installed on a 64-bit version of Windows.įor all of these programs, you need to navigate to the following registry key where you will probably find a lot more entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ In the above example, you can see one of them is for a program called VMware Tools.įind the program that is stuck in your program list and then right-click on it in the left-hand menu and choose Delete. Here, for example, you will find all the entries for Java, if you have that installed. You’ll also find a bunch of entries for Microsoft Office, if you have the 32-bit version installed. Again, just right-click on the entry and choose Delete to remove it.
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