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<p>Open Live Writer uses several registry keys.  For a complete uninstall, you should delete them.
    They are located at <code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\OpenLiveWriter\</code> 
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<p>There are several keys of special interest:</p>
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<P><code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\OpenLiveWriter\Updates</code></br>
For automatically loading the nightly builds - use this carefully as we may be unsuccessfully testing a new feature, create a dword key for <code>CheckForBetaUpdates</code> 1 = beta, 0 = regular</P>
You can turn off automatic updates by turning off <code>AutoUpdate</code>, change the DWord key to 0</p>
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<p><code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Live\Writer\Weblogs</code> </br>
    Stores the location and information for your weblogs.  Many users have copied the entries from LiveWriter rather then reenter them.</p>