An application refuses to uninstall

I want to uninstall an internet modem application. It refuses to uninstall. I dragged it to the Trash, it returns back to the Launchpad. What do I do to uninstall it?

Did you install it from the App Store or from somewhere else? In Launchpad, you can hold down your cursor on App Store icons and they will present an X in the top corner which you can click to uninstall the app. If you downloaded it from elsewhere, do not use Launchpad - go to your Applications folder and trash it from there. Make sure that the app is not running (check for a light under its dock icon, or look for a menubar icon), or you will not be able to uninstall it.
Matt

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Hey oakman15!
Try using the information in the following article in order to restart your Apple Mobile Device Service to see if that will help you uninstall the program:
How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows
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Message was edited by: ro-ro

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A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
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Theme Refuses to Uninstall Even With Nokia PC Suit...

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Let's try a standalone Apple Application Support install. It still might not install, but fingers crossed any error messages will give us a better idea of the underlying cause of the issue.
Download and save a copy of the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe) installer file to your hard drive:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
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Acrobat Pro refuses to uninstall!

I've had to uninstall CS3 on my Mac Pro (Leopard 10.5.2) because of a licensing glitch. After using the Adobe uninstaller, I used Adobe's CS3Clean script to supposedly erase all traces of the former installation. However, when I try to install the suite again, it tells me it will install everything except Acrobat 8 Professional because it is "already installed." It lists the file size as 894.6MB. It is grayed out in the selection list of apps, and I can't see any way to override it.
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[SOLVED]Applications left after uninstalling wine

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I created a separate device collection and deployed it to a few test machines, including 2 user machines who requested for the new version. Now, in my test, the new version gets installed successfully (old version is uninstalled if present). For one particular
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What could be special with this production machine? Why isn't the superseeded application being uninstalled?
Pman
http://www.pmansLab.com/

Thanks Peter for your reply and the suggestion. I had already checked several times and confirmed that the exact same version is installed on that machine. I can see that in the add remove program list of that machine.
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http://pastebin.com/664099
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