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Old 07-13-2008, 02:20 PM
Ron Badour
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Re: Getting rid of PowerToy Virtual Desktop Manager

I don't know if there is a specific entry; however, what I would do is right
click the entry in the registry, select export and create a .reg file so you
can easily restore the entry should it prove to be related to something
else. You could then right click the entry, delete it and either reboot and
see it the removal affected toolbar entry or you could push F3 and continue
to find and remove all "desktop manager" references (doing the export first
of course) before rebooting. I would probably remove all references at one
time.
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Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Jeff@unknown.com" <JeffMalka@orthohelp.com> wrote in message
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> In case others need to know, I finally got rid of "MS Virtual Desktop
> Manager" by searching for and deleting 2 files leftover after the
> uninstal:
> - msdvm.ini
> - and msdvm.dll
>
> The listing for the "Desktop Manager" still exists in the Taskbar toolbar
> list, but it no longer does anything when clicked on. So it now is just a
> cosmetic problem.
>
> Wonder how to remove it from the Taskbar list of toolbars to avoid later
> confusion. I searched Regedit and found several "Desktop Manager"
> instances but did nothing because I was not sure they did not refer to
> something else. Anyone know?
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff@unknown.com wrote:
>> I installed PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager and after playing with
>> it for a while I decided to uninstall it. (I should have listened to
>> you P.A. Bear).
>>
>> So I went to the Add/Remove Programs and removed it from there. BUT,
>> it seems to still be there. When I right click on the Taskbar and
>> click on Toolbars, its toolbar is still there - and still works!!
>>
>> I rebooted: no change, it is still there.
>>
>> Is it possible to get rid of PowerToy's Virtual Desktop Manager? I
>> would prefer to not use Restore because I have installed other
>> programs since.
>> Jeff

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Old 07-13-2008, 02:20 PM