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Asked on 29/1/2003, 20:6

I had to reinstall windows xp and now I have a copy on boot up that is no good and would like to uninstall it instead of selecting it every time windows loads. Also, after the install over the old one, programs are not in the start -> program files menu but are on my c:\ drive. Some of these programs are no good and they are not listed for uninstall. How may I clear out these programs without reformatting? Is there a specific program to find system files not needed anymore?

Reply Posted on 1/2/2003

Hi Mike,

As I understand your question you re-installed Windows which left fragments of programs lying around which you no longer want and wish to remove. Please let me know if I've misunderstood.

There are indeed several programs to remove the "entrails" of programs.
The best of these are McAfee QuickClean 3 and Norton SystemWorks 2003.

Unfortunately, both of these programs cost money and are a lot cheeper if you buy them bundled with the Norton/McAfee virus Scanner too, but they do seem to be well worth it.

If you are just after a single clean-up of your computer, it is worth downloading the demo of either program just to clean your PC once.

The McAfee QuickClean demo is available at: http://www.mcafee.com
The Norton SystemWorks demo is available at: http://www.norton.com.

There are a number of free programs for cleaning PC's available but these do seem to be un-trustworthy in some cases.
A trip to http://www.download.com might help you to find a 3rd party application for free to solve your problems.

Hope this helps!

Please feel free to reply to this message if you require further assistance.

Regards,

-Lawrence Stromski, Helpforce.

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