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For whatever reason (my OEM install may have been different from others) the
icon just would not go away. I uninstalled anything related to Dell via
Add/Remove and searched the Start menu folders in vain. I also did not have
the "manufacturer's link" option.
"Guess Who" <chippe01@REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
news:xO2dnQNt7t15_O7cRVn-jQ@giganews.com...
> It's not listed in Add/Remove programs.
>
> It's only a link, not a program. It's far easier to disable through the
> start menu.
>
> "Don Enderton" <Enderton@nosuchaddress.duh> wrote in message
> news:YAFcd.4608$OD2.3941@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> Christopher and James, why remove only the shortcut?
>>
>> Why not remove the entire program (mine doesn't work any more anyway, I
>> notice)? Use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, and select Dell
>> Solution Center, and click on the Remove button.
>>
>> That should (I didn't try this yet) remove not only the shortcut on the
>> Start menu, but also everything else associated with the (now
>> non-functioning) solution center.
>>
>> - Don
>>
>> "Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>> news:z_Bcd.2527$Ug4.2022@trndny01...
>>> the "dell solution center" icon can alternatively be removed from the
>>> start
>>> menu as follows:
>>> right click on task bar and select 'properties' and the 'taskbar and
>>> start
>>> menu properties' window will open. select the 'start menu' tab. select
>>> 'customize' button and the 'customize start menu' window will open.
>>> select
>>> the 'advanced' tab. scroll through the 'start menu items:' list and
>>> locate
>>> the check box next to 'manufacturers link'... uncheck the
>>> 'manufacturers
>>> link' and click 'ok' to exit the 'customize start menu' window. select
>>> 'apply' and then 'ok' in the 'taskbar and start menu properties' window.
>>>
>>> "James" <howa1151@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>>> news:Kjtcd.175578$as2.544@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>>>> Thought I would post this for anyone interested in getting rid of the
>>>> icon
>>>> Dell places on the Start Menu in some OEM installs. Evidently there is
>>>> no
>>>> other way (at least that I have found after several hours of
>>> searching)...I
>>>> am "Dell Free" now so I do not need it.
>>>>
>>>> Delete the following registry key (and subkeys) and restart.
>>>>
>>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
>>>> @="Dell Solution Center"
>>>>
>>>> Worked for me anyway...:<)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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