I would say do a fresh reinstall of windows...minus the AOHell.   

No can do. Toshiba Notebooks come with a restore partition. After you reinstall Windows you have to weed out all the BS.   

Well that kinda...you know!   I wouldn't like not having the ability to reinstall a fresh install of windows. Or you could try a second party uninstaller.

I noticed that the other day actually ...I was looking at laptops at the local shop, and every one of them came with a "restore partiton" ...Not just Toshiba's either.

I didn't like that at all... still, to some people it'd be handy.

Kona, Have you tried a third-party uninstaller app?

Some of those are more powerful and find more than the windows uninstaller ever could, even one's not listed in add/remove programs list.

Just a thought, open up "msconfig" and stop it all running at start up (if it does) then manually remove it from "Program Files" not sure if it'll work like that, but i dont see why not.

I have a Dell laptop that has that resotre partition. If you reformat the C: drive and reintall Windows it never put anything on it.

I have tried 2 different uninstall apps neither of witch will detect AOL let alone remove it. Very fusterating.  

Is there an AOL folder in Program Files? If not, it may not actually be installed. I know that sometimes when you click on the "Try AOL" icon on the desktop it actually installs the program. You may be able to just remove the entry from the Add-Remove programs list from the registry and then delete all the shortcuts that are all over the place.

As far as the "Restore partition" that's the computer makers way to save a few bucks at the expense of the customer. If they put the software on the HDD, eating up drive space that you paid for then they can save themselves .20 for the CD they would otherwise have to give you. Most vendors these days offer you the choice to buy a restore CD for the bargain basement price of only $10.

If it's a Dell look for a freeware app called Dell Decrapifier. Haven't used it but, the reviews say it does it's job.

I just edited the registry myself & that got rid of it for me.

Toshiba

Give this a shot, Kona: WWW Link

Didn't work Yrag. Nice program though.

You'll go nuts trying to remove it 100% Kona. It most likely is not installed so you just need to delete the folder. There will be remaining AOL files but they are inactive. This has been my experience over and over. Good luck.

I'm going to try to completely install AOL from disc then try to remove it. I'll tell you all how it goes.   

Speaking of problems by the way is there a program to rename about 1000 files at once? They are all numbered from 1 to 100 or whatever but some are out of place and I don't feel like renaming all of them. It would take hours.

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