Looking for a workable way to get Preferences in Tools Menu off your system? There are always many reasons that make you want to uninstall programs from your computer from time to time. To keep your computer work properly, it's always a good habit to uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu you haven't used for a long time. However, we cannot have everything we wish for. There may be also many problems that make you not able to uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu from your PC, such as program errors, program not listed in Programs and Features, corrupted programs and so on. Therefore, to help you out, we've also worked out a few workable methods as well.

Possible Error Caused by Incorrect Uninstall Methods

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The above error messages are all caused by incomplete uninstallation of related programs. Incompletely uninstallation of a program will leave some invalid keys in the system registry, which will cause such error pop-ups when the system still executes them.

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Manually Uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu:

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Preferences in Tools Menu

Step 2: Uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Preferences in Tools Menu in the registry

Step 4: Delete leftovers of Preferences in Tools Menu in hard drive

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Preferences in Tools Menu

Hold Ctrl, Shift and Esc keys on the keyboard to open Task Manager. Then click on the related process and click End Process (in Windows 7, Vista) or End Task (in Windows 8) button.

Step 2: Uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu

You can uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu by any of the following uninstall methods:

Method 1: Uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu via Control Panel

1. Open Programs and Features.

In Windows 7 and Vista,

a. Click Start menu and click Control Panel

b. Select View by Category and click Uninstall a program

In Windows 8 or later,

Hover the cursor in the bottom-left corner of the screen, right-click on the Start button when a small image of the Start Screen appears and select Programs and Features

2. Click on Preferences in Tools Menu and click Uninstall to uninstall it from your computer.

Method 2: Uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu using its Uninstall.exe

If you cannot find Preferences in Tools Menu in Programs and Features, then you may be able to uninstall it thru its uninstall.exe.

a. For 32-bit Windows 7, Vista, 8 or later, open the C:\Program Files folder, open the program's folder (ex: WinRAR), and go to step 3 below.

b. For 64-bit Windows 7, Vista, 8 or later, open either the C:\Program Files folder for an installed 64-bit program or C:\Program Files (x86) folder for a installed 32-bit program, and open the program's folder (ex: WinRAR).

Method 3: Uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu via Windows Registry

1. Open regedit. To do so, press Windows and R keys, type in regedit and hit Enter.

2. Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

3. Find the program you want to uninstall, search for a string value called UninstallString in the right panel.

4. Double-click on it and copy its value.

5. Press Windows and R keys, type in cmd to open command prompt.

6. Right click, paste the value and hit Enter key. After that, the program will begin to uninstall. Click Yes when it asks for your confirmation.

Note: If you have a 64-bit Windows system, you may need to navigate to the following key to look for 32-bit programs:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Method 4: Use System Restore to Uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu

System Restore is a useful built-in utility that allows computer users to roll back to the previous state when the computer works properly. If you have a habit of creating a system restore point before installing a new program, you can roll back to this system restore point if this new piece of program is not up to your expectation or cannot be uninstalled from your computer properly.

Method 5: Uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu via Virus Removal Tool

Some unwanted programs can install into your computer without being noticed, as they like to spread by attaching to free software and games that people often download online. Sometimes, you cannot remember when certain program was installed on your computer until you suffer a lot from its annoying pop-ups. Usually, this kind of potentially unwanted programs can escape from the detection of your installed antivirus. If you have tried the above methods but still fail to remove Preferences in Tools Menu, it's really necessary for you to check whether it's a virus or not. Click and download this powerful Virus Removal Tool to check your PC. If it's a computer virus, it will be automatically deleted when you click Remove after the scan.

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Preferences in Tools Menu in the registry

Video Guide: How to back up and edit the registry

Note: It's very important for you to know that the registry is one of the most important part of the Windows system, you should be extremely careful when deleting any keys in the registry. Any small mistake can result in severe problems or even system crash. So removing Preferences in Tools Menu by editing the registry is only recommended to computer users with certain computer knowledge. If you don't want to take the risk to damage your computer system, it's recomended that you use this Automatic Registry Cleaner to clean invalid keys.

Step 4: End all processes that are related to Preferences in Tools Menu

Even you uninstall Preferences in Tools Menu in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove Preferences in Tools Menu from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of Preferences in Tools Menu.

C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming

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