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re: clean up of residual hooks, pointers,and clutter
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:06 pm
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Posted by Adam Bradley (7823 messages posted)


Best to leave them be. Registry "clutter" is harmless in most cases and cleaners are risky endeavors. Just delete any folders they leave behind and move on unless the traces are causing you trouble in which case check with the program's maker for how to remove stuff.


On Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 6:05 pm, robtonet wrote:
>from previously uninstalled software, i.e. opera, tor, vidalia, and others ....easy
>free, and simple way for a intermediate skilled user to clean up a cluttered system.......thanks
>all


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-clean up of residual hooks, pointers,and clutter (robtonet: Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 6:05 pm)
*re: clean up of residual hooks, pointers,and clutter (Adam Bradley: Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 8:06 pm)
*re: clean up of residual hooks, pointers,and clutter (Ricer46: Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 8:58 pm)
*re: clean up of residual hooks, pointers,and clutter (bob wells: Fri, Jul 3, 2009, 12:11 am)
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