the good news is so far I am not having any errors....(KNOCK ON WOOD)......but I must be totally losing my mind ...I cannot find Nero7Premium to reinstall it to remove it as per your suggestions, I do have Nero 7.5.0.2 Lite so I did a search and the only thing the search came up with is C:/Documents and Setting/Owner/recent C:/Windows/Prefetch if I did make an error as to which program neither is showing up in the program files with either my add/remove or the one Teri Lee suggested. I have 2 externals harddrives that was also searched to no avail. So do you suggest I install the Lite version? or just forget the whole mess? ----- Original Message ----- From: GuitarMan To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:46 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: frustrated here Hi Patricia, OUCH! It's highly probable that deleting an application's folder and its shortcuts will come back to haunt you. Nearly every program installed on a system will also write many settings into the registry that are called during bootup or whenever a related app or process is started (such as inserting a black CD or DVD into your drive). At the very least, I predict that you'll receive an error message every time you boot or reboot your system until this is fixed. the error will say something to the effect that a file is missing and there may be more than one of those messages. At worst, you'll experience STOP errors (WinXP's replacement for the old Blue Screen Of Death or BSOD) which will stop the computer from functioning at all until you reboot the machine. I also have Nero 7 Premium installed but mine DOES show up in my own Add or Remove Programs applet. Still, there is a shortcut under Start > All Programs > Nero 7 Premium called "Nero ProductSetup" that is designed to, among other things, uninstall the product properly (including all of those registry keys that are about to give you headaches). The fix for this situation is to, oddly enough, install Nero 7 Premium back onto the system and then use that "Nero ProductSetup" shortcut to uninstall it. This will allow the program to easily wipe out everything that was installed, including Registry keys and any drivers & other support files that were copied to various Windows system folders. It will also prevent those errors I mentioned in the beginning of this post. :O) Peace, GMan "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <rhekay@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:58 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: frustrated here > did that and not one came up...so I deleted the folder and the shortcut. -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.22/922 - Release Date: 7/27/2007 6:08 AM -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/