Uninstall Issue

I uninstalled Prevx 3.0 using add/remove programs and then used the Prevx 3.0 removal tool and it looks like the program was completley removed - at least as far as I can tell. The Prevx icon is no longer in the taskbar on startup.

The only uninstall issue is that in Windows 7 Pro when I go to:
Control Program > All Control Panel Items > Notification Area Icons
there still exists the prevx.exe icon and the option is still given that I can choose to hide or show the icon and notification.

How do I remove prevx.exe from this list of icons and notifications in the Notification Area Icons section of Windows 7, I am wondering? To me, it shouldn't still be in the list since I uninstalled the program.

Thanks

 

I "think" Windows leaves the previous icons in there. I've seen this for some other random applications (Skype in my case) so I suspect that's the case in general.

However, I suspect someone else may have more experience with this than me!

 

I was wondering if that was the case. We'll see if others will chime in. Thanks for the help/confirmation though.

 

You're right. It does.

If you want to clear all your 'old' notification icons, do the following:-

(i) Use CCleaner to wipe old notification icons



and then run CCleaner


(ii) Close CCleaner and open Task Manager. End explorer.exe process




(iii) Task Bar will vanish. Don't panic. Hit Ctrl + Shift + Escape to open Task Manager.

(iv) Click File > New Task (Run...)




(v) Type explorer.exe and hit OK



Voila! Job done.

Apologies for the crayon scrawl. I ain't no Picasso

 

Thanks for that! I didn't know that CCleaner had that in place! Certainly saves quite a bit of guesswork

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Is it a coding issue, and if so can it be rectified?

 

I believe this is a feature of the OS to remember the settings you've had in place before in case you uninstall/reinstall an application - we don't set anything in these areas directly so the OS must be adding them behind-the-scenes.