Remove Nero 7's "Nero Scout" from My Computer
- December 11th, 2005
- Posted in Fixes . Software . Technical
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This does not get rid of the tray icon. This only gets rid of the icon in My Computer. You should be able to right-click on the tray icon and disable that version of scout from there.
Click Start > Run, and type:
regsvr32 /u "%commonprogramfiles%\Ahead\Lib\MediaLibraryNSE.dll"
To undo (put it back) :
regsvr32 "%commonprogramfiles%\Ahead\Lib\MediaLibraryNSE.dll"
This will not cause any harm.
A wiki page has been created, which contains multiple fun DLL registrations, including this one.
This was the most informative site I found regarding removing Nero Scout. Thanks, keep up the good work.
That's pretty funny considering that the 'most informative site' contains just one post with only two lines in it, HEH. Glad it could help though :)
Thanx I needed that.
I agree with Indo, that tip worked perfectly, and was gratly appreciated. Take that Nero :p
I am very pleased with that registry entry. It removed that annoying icon of Nero Scout out of the folder My Computer. Does Nero Scout no longer exist in my machine? If so, god bless!
Be well and share love,
John
It still exists, but is no longer being loaded and referenced by explorer.exe/My Computer.
you are a diamond geezer lizard m8,,,,,, ive been trying for ages to rid the nero scout from my computer and youve done it thanks alot … now could you tell me if i can reinstall nero without any probs ??? thanks
You can undo this by taking out the "/u" part and running the command again. You can reinstall with no issues – it will simply put back the Nero Scout anyway.
Yeah got rid of at last… thank you very much. I hate all these software companys installing stuff i may NOT want to use… ask me next time Ahead!
Pure genius! Works like a charm. Thanx a lot!
Yes, thanks indeed for that – not sure if it was Nero Scout, but something was certainly hogging up my system, and now it's unregistered, things seems a little smoother.
Cheeky fockers.
Love the java comment preview thing – I installed WordPress a while back but seemingly don't have all that much to blog about.
Thanks again.
w00t! +1 for DjLizard!
Thanks I hate programs that dont have full uninstall solutions, especially demo's.
The program wont uninstall using the remove programs window either it says there is some error and stops. Appreciate the fix, I was sick of seeing that icon on my computer.
here is another way aswell…
Open RegEdit then go to the following KEY and delete it…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{3D6BE802-FC0D-4595-A304-E611F97089DC}
and NERO SCOUT is gone…
That's what unregistering the DLL actually does. It's safer for our users not to send them into regedit though ;)
Thank You verry much for this little trick! verry helpfull!
Keep It up
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Nice tip, thanks!
Many thanks, excellent info! :)
awsome shit:D…its was gone with in a sec..thanX peeps:D
Thanks very much for the tip. As soon as I installed Nero 7 I was looking for a way to remove this rather useless "Nero Scout".
Awesome, thanks. Scout has been driving me crazy for a while and for some reason it took me a while to just search the net for a removal solution.
THANKS!
Another THANK YOU. I so fucking hate when companies think it's cool to install crap that I don't want and don't even bother providing instruction on how to remove the stuff. Every time I instal Windows and then apps I waste good 30 minutes removing all the crap Adobe, Ahead, Creative and others put in the system. Adam.
YES! Finally removed that sh*t. THANKS!
Thank you! You rule! That icon in my computer was …i repet WAS thanx to you, a rock tight to my neck. I tried to deactivate it using nero but with no success. Thank you!
Brilliant!! Worked perfectly!
Thank you very much
Thanx. It worked! Finaly removed that t*cking link! :-)
WOAH!! it works!!!
finally get rid of this ******* icon.
thanks for informations.
Thank you.
sweet! thanks for the tip, that damn scout icon was starting to really irritate me.
trouble with getting rid of nero 7 demo, stupid mistake, all programs are deleted, but add/remove installer states its still there, tried removing it, no luck, it states it needs nero.msi, but no lukc wiuth that either..yougot any ideas?
Remove the entry for Nero with the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
The Nero Scout has issues with Microsoft Picture It and Photoshop. This fix, fixes the problem. Keep up the great work, dude. Thanks!!
You magnificent bastard, I salute you.
Thank you very much. That thing was bugging me!!
THANK YOU!!!! Stupid scout icon is the most retarded thing in the world! :)
Thanks !! Worked perfectly. Now trying to find a way to get Logitech Gallery icon out of "My Computer" and I'll really be happy.
The latest April 24?) Nero 7 is even worse! I can't get their thing off the task bar.
A user in afterdawn had the solution to getting it off the taskbar. Open Scout from the task bar, select "options", then check the box to enable Scout. Once enabled the two checkboxes below can be unchecked. Uncheck them, uncheck the "Enable Scout" box, and it goes away.
i still have the icon on taskbar. tried the options but it says "initialization error:please install nero again"? now what?
Reinitialize it, then follow TripK's tip, then remove it again
Cheers Windsong &TripK
Reinitialized it and options on scout then unclick 2 boxs and then kill scout again.
Worked like a treat :)
Cheers
Awsome, worked like a charm.
Aye aye! Eeee argggh fantastic DjLiizard! Scout be gone! Me salutes you!
o wow that was too freaking awesome. so simple and easy. that thing was annoying the hell out of me. i love google n u!
nice reg-hack.
kudos to you !
perhaps we should all send a mail to nero-inc claiming a removal feature of "nero-scout"… well at least the ones who own a legal copy *rofl*
thank you, love nero 7 but i hate that freakin icon!
Thanks a lot, rid me of one of my most hated annoyances. Excellent work.
Can someone help, please? :) I am trying to remove Nero 7 Demo but it keeps coming up that my "Shellbase is corrupt or missing". I've tried to repair, re-install, no luck. Nero sent the remove all tool but that bloody thing was no good either. HELP! PLEASE :)
Thanks, Awesome! Keep up the good work… stupid nero scout software…
I'm booking marking this page if you make stuff that easy. That was the quickest, easiest solution that could ever exist for a known computer problem. Thank you. You're a hero.