The program I cant get rid of

computer geeks only please...

Im trying to uninstall this program... Windows Movie Maker... and it wont even appear on the Add or Remove programs list... (see screenshot)

When I try removing it manually (by deleting the folder) it gives me another...

message that I'll post in another picture...

Anyway can anyone help me figure out how to uninstall it??

ha you cant its a windows program meaning its preinstalled and you cant uninstall it sorry
trust me iam a junior programer you cant

heres the screenshot, for some reason it didnt post above.

Note how Windows Movie Maker isnt even on the list but the icon is right there functioning perfectly.

ok why wont it post the damn pics, just see my page... I uploaded the screenshots there

hmmm is ure computer running windows vista???

Windows XP

dammit... well thanks anyway

yeah it came with windows its kinda stuck there as long as you have windows... A+ Certified and kinda drunk right now... lol

It is installed with windows so no you cant get rid of it without stuffing up windows. I tried this with Internet Explorer, trust me its virtually impossible. Sorry but thats Microsoft for ya

hello nzdaniel. You have come up with an important point. To uninstall IE do as follows:
1). Go to control panel (you can find it in the start menu)
2). Click on add or remove progams.
3). In the ensuing window there is a panel to your left. Find the item add or remove windows components. A new window will open up called windows xp setup (windows component wizard)
4). In the new window, choose IE and uncheck it. Then click on finish.

As for the original question by josh. It is a difficult program to uninstall (movie maker). To successfully do it do the following

1). Open Notepad.exe
2). Copy the following into it:
@echo off
del "%SystemRoot%\system32\dllcache\*wmm*.dll"
del "%SystemRoot%\system32\dllcache\moviemk.exe"
del "%ProgramFiles%\Movie Maker\*.*"
rmdir /s "%ProgramFiles%\Movie Maker"
pause
3). save it as abc.bat
4). restart your computer in safe mode (press f8 before the windows start up screen comes up)
5). run abc.bat
6). when prompted whether to delete, type "y"
7). when finished restart computer, thats it

8). After you are finished, delete any start menu refrences to WMM

* Make sure to copy the words into abc.bat exactly, if you change it, it could delete unwanted information off of your computer
* do this at your own risk, even though it is unlikely, it is possible that this can mess up your computer

ref: http://www.wikihow.com

stay beautiful,
motowin

As for the original question by josh. It is a difficult program to uninstall (movie maker). To successfully do it do the following

1). Open Notepad.exe
2). Copy the following into it:
@echo off
del "%SystemRoot%\system32\dllcache\*wmm*.dll"
del "%SystemRoot%\system32\dllcache\moviemk.exe"
del "%ProgramFiles%\Movie Maker\*.*"
rmdir /s "%ProgramFiles%\Movie Maker"
pause
3). save it as abc.bat
4). restart your computer in safe mode (press f8 before the windows start up screen comes up)
5). run abc.bat
6). when prompted whether to delete, type "y"
7). when finished restart computer, thats it

8). After you are finished, delete any start menu refrences to WMM

* Make sure to copy the words into abc.bat exactly, if you change it, it could delete unwanted information off of your computer
* do this at your own risk, even though it is unlikely, it is possible that this can mess up your computer

ref: http://www.wikihow.com

stay beautiful,
motowin