On 23 Oct 00, at 23:46, don penlington wrote:

> Demetri writes:
>
> <<What is the order of preference of options to uninstall a program,
>
> Add/Remove Programs (Microsoft)
> Add/Remove Programs, third party software, such as Add/Remove Plus
> Programs uninstall programs
> Third party uninstall Programs, such as Norton CleanSweep Uninstall
> Explorer Delete
> Any other options to uninstall programs>>
>
> 2. Programs uninstall programs---
>       should be OK but you are dependant on the skills of the original
> programmer.  Can occasionally be unreliable.
>
> 4. Add/Remove Programs (Microsoft)---
>      Last choice. Reliable (usually) but rather limited.  Usually doesn't
> remove registry entries, though these generally don't do any harm. No
> backup if you get it wrong and remove something you didn't intend.

  If this was a commercial application, these two choices should have
*exactly* the same effect.  The application shows up in #4,
Microsoft's Add/Remove list, ONLY because, as part of installation,
it created a registry entry saying "here is the command to uninstall
this application" -- and if that's different from #2, some
programmers should be fired....

David G

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