Hi Lisa, It is recommended that you use the program's uninstaller, if it is available, before useing the add/remove programs utility in the control panel. If you look in the programs list in the start menu, there should be a folder there for the program in question. Choose the uninstall selection. If this is not available, use the add/remove programs in the control panel. Once the program has been removed, you can look for remnants in the following locations: c:\ c:\Program Files C:\Documents and Settings\? question mark represents the names of users in this folder Once in these folders, you will have to drill down a few levels You will need to make sure that hidden files are shown. application data local settings user data and last but not least, the start menu, programs. There will be entries left in the registry, but I don't recommend manually editing the registry, instead, you may wish to use a utility such as c-cleaner, or something similar to remove orphaned keys and their values. HTH, Richard Q Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:37 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] removing programs
Hello everyone, I'm going to remove my anti virus program, and install a different one. After I remove it from add or remove programs in the control panel is there any where else I need to look for remnants of the program that may be left behind? I want to make sure it is totally gone before I install the new anti virus program on my computer. I'm running windows XP home addition. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated! Take care, Lisa Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
