The AppRemover.exe crashes when started..can't even get as far as running a scan. As much as I hate to admit defeat, at this point I've been trying to clean this out for over 2 weeks and really no longer have the time to track down the problem. I'm going to wipe / restore the OS and hope that resolves the issue. If it doesn't then at least I'll return with a fresh system and less garbage to sort through. Thank you for your assistance.
