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Software Surgery

#79 | 26:09 |

Lab Rats


Monday July 2, 2007
Andy and Sean show how to manually remove a program from Windows.

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Show Notes



Happy Canada Day
to our Canadian viewers!
Happy July 4th
to our U.S. viewers!

- Majority of software will have a uninstaller application, that can be used to remove the program from your system.
- Minority of software are "self-protecting", meaning they don't wish to be uninstalled at any point.
- For more information on backing up your data check out episode 73.

- Four Main Locations Where Installers Place Data:

  • Registry

  • Start Menu

  • Program Files [C:\Program Files\]

  • Application Settings [Windows Vista C:\Users\App Data\         Windows XP C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Application Data\]


- Area's to remove most applications manually:

  • Task Manager: accessable by using the three finger solute. [Ctrl, Alt, Delete]

  • MSConfig: built-in system configuration utility. Access it by click "Start [i.e. Windows key], click Run, type "msconfig" and click OK [or Enter on the keyboard]

  • Registry: access it by click "Start [i.e. Windows key], click Run, type "regedit" and click OK [or Enter on the keyboard]


- Usually during installation you're allowed to choose another directory.
- To see hidden system files, go into your Folder Options, next click on the view tab, and select "Show hidden files and folders", followed by clicking Apply and then Ok.
- For security reasons Sean recommends unchecking the box that states "Hide extensions of known file types".
- Process Library is a good place to research items that run in memory.
- MoveOnBoot marks files and folders to be deleted or moved on the next boot up.
- AutoRuns MSConfig on steroids.




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