Solutions for stubborn software not being uninstalled under Windows

Here is an example of autocad2012:

cad2012 Uninstall shows "Cannot get similar products" and is not installed.

Workaround:
1, start "Run" enter "regedit" and locate the following registry path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Installer\Products Delete the 7d2f387510074080002000060becb6ab key value, this record is the AutoCAD installation source path, click this key value you can see the information displayed on the right is the installation information of AutoCAD
2. Remove Hkey_local_machine\software\autodesk\AutoCAD

3, delete Hkey_local_user\software\autodesk\autocad
4, do not forget to delete this key value before the deletion of the remaining files, the program under the Autodesk directory is deleted.

This method can also be applied to other software that is not clean: first remove the relevant key values in machine and user and then delete the relevant key values in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Installer\Products. Click on the key to see the key value corresponding to the program name, click on the upper and Lower arrow keys to quickly view the key value information.

Solutions for stubborn software not being uninstalled under Windows