Oct 282009
Hi. I recently left AOL and signed up with 02 broadband. I’ve uninstalled the AOL software through window’s add/remove programs, like the browser, spy ware protection etc, but there are still stray AOL components. For example, the AOL connection availability icon that’s at the bottom right of the system tray appears on start-up. Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated.
AOL is like a dual boot OS, It has its own browser, its own email, its own picture doohicky, its own graphs and widgets and so on and on and on.
Short of getting really geeky and hacking the registry, (OS you are running now would help) , there is no real way to remove the software. Sure you can remove an icon here, a line in Windows Explorer there, but the other OS/AOL is still resident.
I think AOL has its own removal tool, that is where I would start, but before that I would back up any data that I cared about.
If AOL came on the OEM machine software install/repair disk, then is definately a good time to get nasty with it. Completely remove any specs,bytes or bits of AOL, then make a Custom Backup Set.
they don’t make it easy!! fisrt use add remove program in control panel & the go to start>search & type AOL in files & folders you will find all the left over c;;p. then go to those folders & delete them individually. I sympathize with all the brainwashed AOL user because AOL has overloaded their system with junk
`Revo` uninstaller does a great job, it removes all the hidden parts in the registry etc.
But you have to be careful with it,you need to click on all the boxes with an `X` in them to get to the registry entry (the ones in BOLD text) you want to remove.
Go through your Add/Remove programs and remove anything AOL. Then go to your program files folder and remove anything that says AOL.
Then run the pcdecrapifier program. It removes all of the bloat from a PC. It also takes care of AOL.
Get it here:http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/download
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