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Removing Add-ons

#1 sdexceed

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Posted 29 November 2007 - 10:50 AM

Hello,

I had certain online poker sites on my computer but have uninstalled them through the control panel, uninstall a program, method.

However, when I go into my manage add-ons sub-screen in Internet Explorer, the add-ons for these poker sites still remain.

Does anyone know how to remove these add-ons?

thanks.

#2 Jacee

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Posted 29 November 2007 - 10:59 AM

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\ProgramFiles\ or C:\Program Data\
See if there are any folders with the name of the add-on. If so, delete that specific folder.

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#3 sdexceed

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Posted 29 November 2007 - 11:02 AM

^^^Do you have any idea as to how I find out what the name of these add-ons are?

#4 sdexceed

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Posted 29 November 2007 - 11:10 AM

Jacee, on Nov 29 2007, 10:59 AM, said:

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\ProgramFiles\ or C:\Program Data\
See if there are any folders with the name of the add-on. If so, delete that specific folder.

None of the add-ons are in either of those folders. This seems awfully complicated for something I should just be able to remove - do I need to use command prompt? And if so, what am i to type?