Want to uninstall program that needs install disk but don't have

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I have a number of programs on my computer now that I don't want but I can't uninstall them because it says I need the install disk which I don't have.

Some time ago I remember successfully uninstalling one or more programs by deleting all files I could find associated with the program I wanted to get rid of and then running my registry cleaning software that I have. I didn't notice any problems afterward by using this technique.

With the programs I want to get rid of now I don't seem to be able to find all the files that have the volume they should. One program is over 100 MB but it seems I can find less than 1 MB of files. I tried deleting them but the program still shows in the Add or Remove Programs list.

There's got to be a way to get rid of some program you don't want without having to reacquire the install disk when it asks for the install disk to do an uninstall.

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After manually deleting the files and folders run a program like registry mechanic to delete all the old strings, etc in the registry.

the add/remove listing is not always accurate about how big a file is. The information there is stored in the registry, not computed when the program is ran. For example, I installed a game and it listed itself as 5.6 GB. I installed a patch for it, and it also listed the patch in add/remove as 5.6 GB. The total size was actually 5.6 but it listed as double that.