Best way to remove programs?

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Hi

Use Add/Remove Programs in the first instance. Some programs may not be
referenced in Add/Remove Programs - you can then use the uninstall option
via Start>Programs (if there is one) or uninstall the program from it's
folder.

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"DanT" <DanT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the best way to remove programs? Use the add/remove programs in
> control panel or the uninstall feature of the program. Thanks again for
> all
> the help.

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Yo Shenan

Nice hat, eh.. :-)

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> DanT wrote:
>> What is the best way to remove programs? Use the add/remove programs
>> in control panel or the uninstall feature of the program. Thanks
>> again for all the help.
>
> Depending on the length of time since the install and how much else you
> have done/used besides the program.. Uninstalling one of those ways and
> then performing a System Restore to the time before you installed it
> initially would really clean up well..
>
> If much time or other actions have taken place in between, then you are
> already uninstalling perfectly.
>
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DanT wrote:
> What is the best way to remove programs? Use the add/remove programs
> in control panel or the uninstall feature of the program. Thanks
> again for all the help.


If I'm not mistaken, as a general rule, "Add/Remove Programs" in Control
Panel simply calls the uninstall program registered by each programs
installer files. So there is no particular advantage in using the program's
uninstall program directly.

Obviously, if a program is not registered in the "Installed Programs" list,
using "Add/Remove Programs" in Control Panel would be useless, so you would
have to use the program's Uninstall program (if there is one). Otherwise,
you would have to delete the program's folder, and manually remove any
Registry entries it's installer program inserts in the Registry.

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