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Help removing VBS scripts


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I installed these VBS shortcuts, and now I'm wondering how to uninstall them. If I delete them from my desktop, all it does is hide them. I use the Desktop Toolbar, and they're still in that menu. Would someone be willing to take a peek at these scripts and maybe write one that will unregister them? Thanks.

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Open the script file. There are lines like this:

WShell.RegWrite PROD_CLSID & "Shell\Open\command\", PROD_EXE, "REG_SZ"

What you do is go to the registry at: PROD_CLSID & "Shell\Open\command\"

Which, when expanded, becomes: HKCR\CLSID\{EC8030F7-C20A-464F-9B0E-13A3A9E97384}\Shell\Open\command

PROD_EXE is whatever data you need to delete.

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Actually, you can just delete these keys: HKCR\CLSID\{EC8030F7-C20A-464F-9B0E-13A3A9E97384}

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel\{EC8030F7-C20A-464F-9B0E-13A3A9E97384}

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu\{EC8030F7-C20A-464F-9B0E-13A3A9E97384}

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{EC8030F7-C20A-464F-9B0E-13A3A9E97384}

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Thanks! I found those entries and deleted them, and now I can actually delete them from the Desktop Toolbar menu.

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More specifically, I found the corresponding entry

HKCR\CLSID\{EC8030F7-C20A-464F-9B0E-13A3A9E97384}\Shell\Open\command

(that's just Firefox) for Thunderbird & Sunbird and deleted those. Then I just deleted the shortcuts from the Desktop Toolbar menu, and they're gone.

Edited by Yochanan
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