Topic: Deleting stuff

[Whiskas]

I wanted to delete some stuff off my computer but I'm not sure exactly what somethings are and if I should delete them or not. Can anyone tell me if I need these or not?

Botz
Firstlook portal
Greenstreet picture browser
Hebrew language support
Hidden and dangerous
Jaws PDF creator
Net meeting 3.01
Realplayer
Shockwave
Spirit of speed
True Space 2
Vopt

[Sandra]

As far as I can see Whiskas the only one you need are Shockwave(something to do with Flash,Swish) Real player is a media player which you can keep or delete,Net meeting is for a messenger service looks like an old one though so you could delete if you dont use it its a free one if you need it later.
If you dont use the rest you can delete them as theyre something you have added at some point but I dont think any are standard programs  

[Whiskas]

Thanks Sandra they were all on the computer when I got them so I justed wanted to make sure I wasn't going to delete anything important

[Lona]

I would uninstall some of them, as sometimes straight delete can take files used by other programmes.  

[Whiskas]

I think I can just go into my control panel and then select add/remove progs

[Sandra]

Thats the best way Whiskas  

[Rodders]

Deleting the contents of a program's directory only causes it to not work any more, whereas an ininstall will also (hopefully) remove that program's bits and pieces, which could be littered all over your hard drive.

My advice is to control the uninstall process as much as you can, and be very cautious when asked if you would like to remove SHARED files, since these are the ones which will cause problems once they go missing.

[Lona]

I know what you mean Rodders. When I try to uninstall Quicktime, I can't or it would take away files that I need to run other programmes.
Is there a way round this?

[Whiskas]

For shared files it asks if I want to delete these too and I just clicked no

[Sandra]

If you do a search for the files Lona you could then delete the Quicktime ones from each location that they are in.I think that should be a safe enough way  

[Lona]

For shared files it asks if I want to delete these too and I just clicked no

I get the same message Whiskas when I try to delete Quicktime.
Wiskas must be getting the same messages as me Sandra

[Whiskas]

If you do that Lona it will only keep the shared files it should still delete the rest of quicktime

[Whiskas]

Even though I used add/remove to delete some stuff I have still managed to lose a file pncrt.dll. I've ben told that I can download this from the internet any ideas where?

[Gemini]

You usually have to search for them, there are sites that keep missing dll files, try typing in a search engine dll files, that should bring some up and I'll mail you what I have (when I find them  )

[Whiskas]

Thanks Gem