Hello, we have vista ultimate... it was an upgrade from xp pro.

I cannot delete anything from the "downloaded program files" folder.

When I hightlight one of the objects then click "organize" i see delete there.
I CAN click on it... but it does not delete the object...

I cant remove anything from the "downloaded program files" folder.

Anyone know how I can remove things in there?

Hi there. i just tried deleting something from the downloaded programs folder and same. nothing. I think you must have to somehow uninstall it from control panel or like erase it from the windows files. Sorry, dont really know...

thanks for checking! hopefully someone else will post the answer here...

I copied the files name, in my example it was easy as it was a registry key "{EAD33....} for example.
I then opened registry editor and found and deleted all examples of the said active-x object.

But BE CAREFUL that the file you are deleting refers to the object you are searching for.
ALWAYS BACKUP your registry before editing.

Don't be silly, by trying to go through the registry to delete these entries, clearing the registry, doesn't actually remove the binaries on the computer.

To remove the "Downloaded Program Files" you should run IE and do the following:
1. Choose the Tools menu
2. Select Manage Add-ons
3. Select 'Enable or Disable Add-ons..'
4. Look for the download program you want to remove, change the selection by going through the drop down list.
5. Once you find that program, highlight it, and on the bottom right section, click 'Delete'

That should be it.

All the best.

but if the program files are damaged it doesnt even show in the manage addons because they havent been used...

That worked perfectly for me. Thankyou very much

damaged objects cannot be deleted by using the manage addon option in ie

what if the damaged object is malicious?

i suppose microsoft believes a damaged malicious object poses no threat to the operating system, thus does not need to be deleted?

or is it possible that they can still execute malicious code even though they are labeled as damaged?

a new question that now comes to mind is does a damaged object still have some functionality?

bump, need responses