Add & Remove Programs

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Does anyone know where the add & remove programs gets its information? I
have removed Word Perfect 11, deleted the folders and checked the registry,
but it still shows up on that list taking up 460 megs of disc space. I don't
know how esle to get it gone>>> Any ideas would be helpful.
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Matthew

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Matthew wrote:

> Does anyone know where the add & remove programs gets its information? I
> have removed Word Perfect 11, deleted the folders and checked the registry,
> but it still shows up on that list taking up 460 megs of disc space.
> I don't know how esle to get it gone>>> Any ideas would be helpful.
Hi,

The use frequency and size estimate in Add/Remove Programs is just a
major guesswork thing from the OS and what is reported there is not
to be trusted.

The info is saved in a binary value named SlowInfoCache.

More about this value here:
http://www.extremetech.com/article [...] 091,00.asp



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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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