How to Uninstall programs manually

1. Go to Control Panel -> Add Remove Programs (or something called Software). When a list is presented, choose the program you wish to uninstall.

2. Go to the Start -> All Programs -> Your Program -> Uninstall.

Not all programs behave nicely and offer a clean uninstall. Before trying some third party software to uninstall, perhaps check the following to see if there is any traces of the program that you wished to uninstall.

3. Go to Windows Explorer and find the location where you installed the program. By default most programs are installed in:
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x86)

4. Go to Windows Explorer and find
C:\Documents and Settings\<***>\Start Menu\Programs
C:\Documents and Settings\<***>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
where <***> represent all the different user ids / login names on your computer.

5. Open Regedit, typical locations are:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\YourApplication
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\YourApplication
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\YourApplication
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\YourApplication
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\YourApplication