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Deleting Registry Entries for Uninstalled Kies Software
Hi all
I recently uninstalled Kies from my laptop. Not long ago, on bootup, a popup asked did I want to run MASetupCleaner.exe. I declined. Then I went online and discovered it was a Kies file.
I found two items in Task Manager, Startup Tab, called "Program" and brought up Command Line there to find that these anonymous files were, in fact:
Kies.exe/preload (Command line details as they appear: "C:\Program" Files (x86)\Samsung\Kies\Kies.exe/preload)
KiesPDLR.exe (Command line details as they appear: "C:\Program" Files (x86)\Samsung\Kies\External\FirmwareUpdate\KiesPDLR.exe Run)
I disabled both in Task Manager, Startup.
In regedit, I looked up LOCAL MACHINE and found nothing. Then, I looked under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. There, I found:
I gather it won't create problems if I delete both? Or ... ?
Also, anyone able to tell me what the entry "(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)" means?
By now it will be obvious I know little about registry matters.
Many thanks
ausgumbie