BUG: VBCE: Control Manager Does Not Properly Uninstall Control

• Microsoft Windows CE version 2.0 for the Handheld PC
• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0
• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

The Control Manager might not properly uninstall a control and remove its registry entries.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use the Registry Editor shipped with the Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic (VBCE) to manually remove the registry keys for the control.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Windows CE 2.0 does not include a registry editor. However, VBCE includes a registry editor that can be used to manually modify the registry of a remote device.

REFERENCES

Books Online for Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0

Windows CE Toolkit Help for Visual Basic 6.0

For specific steps to remove control registry entries, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q185223 HOWTO: Manually Uninstall Visual Basic CE Applications

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Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0; :1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug