Registry Entries Remain After Shockwave Uninstall

[johnjinsfcity]

Whilst researching a Firefox crash I noticed that although I was running
Shockwave 11, there were several entries in the Registry with Shockwave 10 in
the key. -
...[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\Shockwave 10]
...[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\Shockwave 10\location\coreplayer]
...[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\Shockwave
10\location\coreplayerxtras]
...[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\Shockwave 10\globaluid]
@="{73CCE0D0-06C3-4956-9B05-970D36E8252F}"
...[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Shockwave 10]
...[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Shockwave 10\location\coreplayer]
...[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Shockwave
10\location\coreplayerxtras]
...[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\Macromedia\S hockwave 10

So I uninstalled Shockwave 11 using sw_uninstaller.exe and there were several
remaining registry entries with Shockwave 11 in the key as well as 2 with
Shockwave 10 in the key.
I manually deleted a couple of folders that were left behind after the
uninstall and then I deleted all the leftover registry keys (making sure to
export copies of them first just in case).

With as 'clean' of a system as I could get it, I then re-installed Shockwave
11 and verified that it was installed correctly by using the Player Test Page.
I then looked in the registry and the version 11 instal had re-created 2 keys
with Shockwave 10 in the key.

Why does this happen?
Is it because Version 11 is under Adobe in the registry and previous versiobs
are under Macromedia?

Thanks

[Sean Wilson]

Although SW11 is the current version, there is "legacy" content that
requires SW10 to run properly. Developers need to add a value
(playerVersion) to the <Object> and <Embed> tags to target SW11
specifically, otherwise the plugin will auto-download version 10.4 and
run under that.
<http://www.adobe.com/support/director/ts/documents/kb403195/Director11_Whitepaper.pdf>