i am sorry, but this is very bad advice.
do not do this.
this is not the correct way to delete programs.


On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Harry Brown wrote:

> Hi all,
> Just for the heck of it, I decided last week, to see just how many programs I have on my computer!
> So, I went to run, in windows xp, and typed *.exe
> and what to my wondering ears should appear?  I was told "1300 results found."
> I couldn't believe my ears!  1300 programs?  I thought.
> Now folks, that's alot of programs.  If I ever get time to do it, (got so much work piling up that has to get done), I'm gonna go through them and google each one, and find out if each program is needed, or, if I can hit that good old delete key!
> So, You can do that same thing folks!  In xp, go to run, and hit enter, and type *.exe and hit enter, and you might be surprised to see you have alot more programs on your computer than you actually use.  It blew my mind how many there are.
> Then, take the name of the program, and copy it to the clipboard, and go and do a google search, and see if you need that actual program or not.
> Just something I thought I'd share, maybe it will help someone out and maybe it will help someone to get rid of programs that they no longer use!
> Now, I will say this, you're taking a risk, and I take no responsibility for what happens, so, make sure you google each program to see if you need it before deleting the program.
> Harry
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