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re: Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs'
Monday, November 28, 2005 at 5:49 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Rod
(1 messages posted)
There is a bug with the WISE installation program and 95% of the programs installed
on a Windows XP machine will not uninstall.
Funny enough, Lavasoft uses the buggy WISE installer.
See: http://www.wise.com/KBArticle.aspx?articleno=1604&keywords=open+install.log
Of course, that will not let you get the programs uninstalled. You can remove the
program folders and cause it to disappear from the Add/Remove program's list, but
any registry keys created by the program will be orphaned. As a result, I personally
no longer install programs which use WISE.
I have heard, but havn't confirmed that enabling the 8.3 file name support in Windows
XP (Microsoft says it wastes resources) will allow the WISE installation and uninstalation
to work correctly.
FWIW,
Rod
On Saturday, July 20, 2002 at 2:33 am, morgrum wrote:
>No real reason...I just try to keep installed apps to a minimum to avoid crashes.
> I keep archives and reinstall programs when I want to use them, then take them
off
>again... haha.. it probly causes more problems than just leaving them on all the
>time... oh well.
>
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