Howard B Posted Tuesday at 09:22 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:22 AM I did a clean install of Windows 11 on my notebook yet 47 residual cakewalk entries remained in my registry. Hardly a clean install. I even deleted every partition on my drive. I'm not sure if that's a Windows issue or cakewalk. Definitely not jiving with my OCD lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted Tuesday at 04:37 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:37 PM (edited) When you say clean install did you reformat the drive? That’s the ultimate clean install. Edited 14 hours ago by John Vere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted Wednesday at 02:39 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:39 PM On 7/15/2025 at 5:22 AM, Howard B said: I did a clean install of Windows 11 on my notebook yet 47 residual cakewalk entries remained in my registry. Hardly a clean install. I even deleted every partition on my drive. I'm not sure if that's a Windows issue or cakewalk. Definitely not jiving with my OCD lol A "clean install" on a drive with existing data usually involves a FORMAT at some stage. That is the function that "writes over" your data. You clearly skipped that option when installing Win 11, so yes, there will be remnants of your old programs. Alternatively, you could have done into Disk Management, and formatted each partition before deleting them, thus starting with a clean slate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted Wednesday at 06:20 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:20 PM 3 hours ago, JonD said: A "clean install" on a drive with existing data usually involves a FORMAT at some stage. That is the function that "writes over" your data. You clearly skipped that option when installing Win 11, so yes, there will be remnants of your old programs. Alternatively, you could have done into Disk Management, and formatted each partition before deleting them, thus starting with a clean slate. No - a clean install of any Cakewalk/Sonar product never resorts to formatting a hard drive. It DOES include instructions for editing the Registry to remove certain keys. A clean install can be performed whilst leaving all other existing data & programs intact. Formatting a hard drive means absolutely everything will need to be installed from scratch, starting with Windows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted Thursday at 06:47 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:47 PM (edited) The instructions for the clean install is a starting point but in my case it didn’t resolve my issue. Edited 14 hours ago by John Vere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago On 7/16/2025 at 2:20 PM, Bristol_Jonesey said: No - a clean install of any Cakewalk/Sonar product never resorts to formatting a hard drive. It DOES include instructions for editing the Registry to remove certain keys. A clean install can be performed whilst leaving all other existing data & programs intact. Formatting a hard drive means absolutely everything will need to be installed from scratch, starting with Windows. I'm aware of all of this. However, OP made it clear he was trying to wipe his drive. That's a safe assumption since he deleted his partitions. No one does that to re-install one program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago Interesting. The OP came back 24 hours after posting but didn’t respond. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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