Registry after uninstall

Pavels · Apr 17, 2003, 08:57 AM

Is it common that after uninstall and reboot the registry still contains lot of kx stuff ?
Or is it unique for multiple boards installs ?

Thanks

Pavel

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Apr 18, 2003, 12:05 AM

the registry entries created by kX software are:

hkey_classes_root\.kx, .kxl, .kxs etc -- [explorer integration] are deleted by kx Setup
hkey_current_user\Software\kX -- are deleted by kX Setup, except the '\plugins' subkey
hkey_local_machine\asio and \soundfont -- are deleted by kX setup

that is, the only registry key that is not deleted is \software\kX\plugins
the other keys are not created / accessed / modified by kX, so, we don't delete them either
it is up to Windows to deal with them...

/Eugene

Pavels · Apr 18, 2003, 08:27 AM

So should one first do driver uninstall from Device Manager and only tham KX uninstall ?

Thanks

Pavel

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Apr 18, 2003, 03:03 PM

'kX uninstall' removes the devices automatically
however, Microsoft code responsible for adding/removing the hardware doesn't clean the registry

anyway, I doubt this is the reason

/Eugene

Apr 17, 2003, 08:57 AM	#1
Pavels DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	Registry after uninstall Is it common that after uninstall and reboot the registry still contains lot of kx stuff ? Or is it unique for multiple boards installs ? Thanks Pavel

Apr 18, 2003, 12:05 AM	#2
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	the registry entries created by kX software are: hkey_classes_root\.kx, .kxl, .kxs etc -- [explorer integration] are deleted by kx Setup hkey_current_user\Software\kX -- are deleted by kX Setup, except the '\plugins' subkey hkey_local_machine\asio and \soundfont -- are deleted by kX setup that is, the only registry key that is not deleted is \software\kX\plugins the other keys are not created / accessed / modified by kX, so, we don't delete them either it is up to Windows to deal with them... /Eugene

Apr 18, 2003, 08:27 AM	Thread Starter #3
Pavels DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	So should one first do driver uninstall from Device Manager and only tham KX uninstall ? Thanks Pavel

Apr 18, 2003, 03:03 PM	#4
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	'kX uninstall' removes the devices automatically however, Microsoft code responsible for adding/removing the hardware doesn't clean the registry anyway, I doubt this is the reason /Eugene