KBI 310329 Deleted Registry Keys Still Show Products in Setup
Version
All
Date
29 Nov 2012
Summary
“Argent” registry key deleted, but Setup shows all products still installed
Technical Background
On a 64-bit machine the actual registry key used is in the WOW mapping
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Argent is not the actual key
The actual key is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Argent
Resolution
Delete the WOW key