I have a question about Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs:

Actually this is the opposite of the article...hope that's ok. I received a new laptop from "Santa" for Christmas and love it so far except I have installed very many programs and when I go to "add/remove programs" there's only three things there none of which I what to remove. Even the stuff that was pre-installed from the factory weren't there...Is there some way to populate the list? Thanks, Lynn

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Do you have more than one hard drive, or a partition? sometimes i notice if i install to my secondary partition or hard drive it doesnt show up in add/remove. try downloading an uninstaller.


On Thursday, January 5, 2006 at 7:29 pm, Lynn Buell wrote:
>I have a question about Clear
>Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs:

>
>Actually this is the opposite of the article...hope that's ok. I received a new laptop
>from "Santa" for Christmas and love it so far except I have installed very many programs
>and when I go to "add/remove programs" there's only three things there none of which
>I what to remove. Even the stuff that was pre-installed from the factory weren't
>there...Is there some way to populate the list?
>Thanks, Lynn

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No, there is not a way to populate the list. Look for an unistall file in the application 
folder. There probably isn't one there. Computer manufacturers load all that bloatware 
garbage on your computer to make you feel like you're getting all sorts of extras 
when in reality they are essentially stuffing your system full of advertisements 
for software vendors.








On Thursday, January 5, 2006 at 7:29 pm, Lynn Buell wrote:

>I have a question about Clear 

>Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs:


>

>Actually this is the opposite of the article...hope that's ok. I received a new 
laptop 

>from "Santa" for Christmas and love it so far except I have installed very many 
programs 

>and when I go to "add/remove programs" there's only three things there none of which 

>I what to remove. Even the stuff that was pre-installed from the factory weren't 

>there...Is there some way to populate the list?

>Thanks, Lynn
 

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No I have no other drives or partitions. Norton used to have an uninstall, but I just purchased the latest Norton system works & it's no longer there nor is it on their site other than references to old versions. Is there an uninstaller you trust?


On Thursday, January 5, 2006 at 9:03 pm, Paul Phiropoulos wrote:
>
>Do you have more than one hard drive, or a partition? sometimes i notice if i install
>to my secondary partition or hard drive it doesnt show up in add/remove. try downloading
>an uninstaller.
>
>

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I understand that (the bloat) I've been doing this for around 15 years but haven't gotten completely acclimated to it yet. I guess I'll look into an uninstaller though I'm not sure what since Norton doesn't have one any more...Thanks for your help!!


On Thursday, January 5, 2006 at 9:52 pm, Ricer46 wrote:
>No, there is not a way to populate the list. Look for an unistall file in the application
>folder. There probably isn't one there. Computer manufacturers load all that bloatware
>garbage on your computer to make you feel like you're getting all sorts of extras
>when in reality they are essentially stuffing your system full of advertisements
>for software vendors.
>
>
>
>

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I use a few but try Advanced Uninstaller 2004 it gives you a few other options as well.


On Friday, January 6, 2006 at 6:26 pm, Lynn Buell wrote:
>No I have no other drives or partitions. Norton used to have an uninstall, but I
>just purchased the latest Norton system works & it's no longer there nor is it on
>their site other than references to old versions. Is there an uninstaller you trust?
>
>
>

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Thanks for your help! I've been looking at several others but will also check that out to evaluate. Wish Norton still offered one. Thanks, Lynn


On Friday, January 6, 2006 at 10:39 pm, Paul Phiropoulos wrote:
>I use a few but try Advanced Uninstaller 2004 it gives you a few other options as
>well.
>
>
>

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