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Delete vs Uninstall
Name: Harry Date: April 1, 2002 at 10:23:11 Pacific
Comment:
If you no longer need a program, is it better to eliminate the program by delete or uninstalling, providing the program has an uninstall capability?
Name: Gregg Date: April 1, 2002 at 10:31:28 Pacific
Reply:
Always uninstall whenever possible.
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Response Number 2
Name: Deke Date: April 1, 2002 at 10:31:47 Pacific
Reply:
Definitely use the unintall if available. Then you can go through your registry for anything left over.
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Response Number 3
Name: dale Date: April 1, 2002 at 10:34:35 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, uninstall and then check for folders that weren't removed and delete them. It's pretty common for uninstalls to leave stuff.
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Response Number 4
Name: Renaissance Man Date: April 1, 2002 at 13:04:33 Pacific
Reply:
Uninstall. Then use RegCleaner to get rid of any remnants in the registry.
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Response Number 5
Name: sekirt Date: April 1, 2002 at 22:56:46 Pacific
Reply:
In fact, many program put files all over your hard drive - unless you had a list, you could never find them to delete them. That's one good reason for using an uninstall. Another is the fact that Windows doesn't like you to delete - it wants to know what is going on.
You can also use control panel add/remove programs if there is no uninstall with the program.
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