Lynn,

RemoveIt is a nice little uninstaller for simple jobs, but there are better
programs available.  Clean Sweep and Uninstaller are the two leading
products.  I use Uninstaller, but I'm sure that Clean Sweep has the same
capabilities.

Uninstaller adds a the ability to view a file's properties and determine two
valuable pieces of information.  What other files use/need  the selected
file and what other files the selected file uses.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 6:40 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] DLL association


> Dear List,
>
> I use Remove It 95 to delete orphan files like .dll's and .ini's. The
> problem I'm having is trying to determine what program or programs uses
> that specific .dll. Is the program even still on the hard drive. Remove
> It tells me that I have 76 orphan .dll's taking up 13,462,910 bytes, here
> are an example of what comes up:
>
> Autodesk Windows Animation Player:> Version 1.02
> C:\Windows\System\AAPLAY.DLL  06/25/1993  137,232
>
> Windows 32-bit Executable
> C:\Windows\System\LFFAX61N.DLL  08/01/1996  176,128
>
> Full-text Indexer
> C:\Windows\System\MVIX14W.DLL  09/28/1995  60,928
>
> I have no idea what programs use these .dll's and most reside in Windows\
> System. I don't want to delete any file and then find out that some
> program using that file won't work because it can't find the link it
> needs. I've also run Clean System Directory but it only comes up with
> about 20-30 .dll's. Who do you believe? How do you find out what program
> is referenced by these .dll's.
>
> TIA
> Lynn Kucera
>
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