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Add/Remove Pro v. 2.02
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This program is freeware written by Ray Geide and
distributed by Super Win Software -
http://superwin.com/.
Maybe no one is like me, but you should see my
Add/Remove Programs list. It is full of broken links.
The only way to remove them is to open up the Registry
and try to figure out where the Uninstall entries are.
I'm too lazy to do this more than once a year, so I
wrote Add/Remove Pro.
Each Entry in Windows Add/Remove Programs list has
additional information in the Registry about how to
uninstall it. The Uninstall String is usually part of
this information. This is a Link to an uninstall
program and parameters passed to it.
Add/Remove Pro checks the Link to see if it points
to available files and if not, if the destination drive
may be a removable disk that isn't present.
Because of long filenames and parameters it is hard
for Add/Remove Pro to be perfect when detecting if the
link is good. So sometimes Add/Remove Pro says that a
link is bad when it isn't and vice versa. You can use
the Finder to see if the link is valid or not. If you
find a link that Add/Remove Pro has identified
improperly please copy the Uninstall String from the
Checker and send it to me by email (geide@superwin.com).
NOTICE
Removing entries from the registry will not
decrease the size of the registry until the Registry is
exported and rebuilt. WinRescue can perform this. It's
process for doing this is called RegPack.
WinRescue is Shareware and may be downloaded from
our website at http://superwin.com/.
I recommend that before you do anything to the
registry that you back it up with WinRescue. If
Windows95/98 crashes, WinRescue can restore it in
minutes. WinRescue can return the registry to a
previous configuration, make and restore backups, and
rebuild the registry. For more information go to our
website at http://superwin.com/rescue.htm.
Possible Problem - I noticed that *.reg files are
not restored by regedit (even though it says they are)
if the first line of the *.reg file does not say
"REGEDIT4". Add/Remove Pro puts this at the beginning
of the backup reg files that it produces. It is
possible that if you are using a different version
that a different number must be in this line, for
example, REGEDIT5. I am using Win98. So if you restore
a backup in Add/Remove Pro and it doesn't restore
anything, try changing the first line of the reg file
with a text editor.
This software is freeware and may be distributed
freely as long as it is distributed in its entirety.
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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY
OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. BECAUSE
OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO
WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. GOOD DATA PROCESSING
PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY TESTED
WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE USER
MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY
LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO
PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.