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- Uninstaller for Windows
-
- More documentation, and the RemoveR FAQ can be found at
- http://homepages.enterprise.net/dodgy on the shareware page
- mail : dodgy@enterprise.net
-
-
- SPANISH README : ES_READ.TXT
- FRENCH README : FR_READ.TXT
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- RemoveR is Shareware. Please read Register.txt for details
-
- What Is It ?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- RemoveR helps you to prevent unused junk from filling your hard drive.
-
- Why ?
- ~~~~~
-
- One day I ended up with a 180Mb Windows directory - I didn't know where
- the files came from, nor which of them were still used. I decided to
- start from scratch, reinstall windows & write a utility to help keep
- an eye on these sneaky programs that dump stuff all around my drives.
-
- Tell Me More
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Fed up with trying various shareware packages from CDs or the Net and
- having them spew files all over your drives ? If you are RemoveR is for
- you.
-
- Sadly not all programs come with uninstall utilities (and those that
- do often miss files). To get around this I developed RemoveR.
-
- Simply scan the hard drive of your choice before installing a piece of
- software, RemoveR will take a snapshot of your files and save it.
- You can then install your software, decide its not for you, then rerun
- RemoveR to tell you whats been changed on your harddrive. Once the
- changes are listed you can chose to delete files, or to save the list
- so that you can uninstall the program at a later date.
-
- Main Buttons & What They Do
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Drive Selector : This selects what drive RemoveR will scan.
-
- Update Scan Database : This will take a snapshot of the drive selected
- in the drive selection box
-
- Find Changes : This will compare the current status of your files with
- that last stored. All files that have been added/deleted will be shown
- on the results screen. From this screen you can highlight certain
- files & directories and delete them, or save the list for later
- deletion.
-
- Uninstall Using Saved Data File : Takes a previously saved list of
- files (saved from the results screen) and allows you to select some
- or all of them for deletion.
-
- Preferences : Allows you to specify directories that you wish to ignore
- such as C:\TEMP or the MS Explorer cache directory etc ... Also allows
- you to set a preference so that RemoveR will only monitor your
- WINDOWS directory (and all sub-directories beneath). This leads to a
- huge speed gain if this is all you are interested in.
-
- The preferences screen also allows you to change the language RemoveR
- operates in.
-
-
- Other things to know
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- * (Win3.1x ONLY) RemoveR will ignore files in hidden directories (but
- will find hidden files in non-hidden directories).
- (Win95) RemoveR finds all hidden files.
-
- * If you try to delete a directory from the results screen it will
- produce an alert if the directory is not empty. Often, if you are
- deleting all of the files within the directory, reclicking delete
- will delete it sucessfully.
-
- Windows95/NT(3.51+) users, run RmvR32.exe
- Windows3.x users, run RmvR16.exe
-
- (If you have both the 16 Bit and 32 Bit versions of RemoveR then stick
- to one version, they each store their database in a different
- format - using one to make it and one to read it is ASKING for trouble)
-
- It Doesn't Work !
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Yes it does ! If you have a bug or question please mail me. My email
- is dodgy@enterprise.net
-
- It is not a requirement to register before getting support. If it
- doesn't work I want to know, money or no money !
-
- What now ?
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- This is a list of features I plan to incorporate into RemoveR. They are
- listed in no particular order.
-
- Some will take longer than others to do ...
-
- * Ability to scan hidden directories in Win3.1x (could be v hard)
- * Monitor changes to system.ini, win.ini, autoexec.bat and config.sys
- * Scan for updated files as well as added/deleted files (coming soon)
- * Adapt the application for other languages. If you feel you would like
- to translate the text used in RemoveR into your native language then
- please contact me .... I will of course provide you with a mention,
- and registration code for your trouble
-
- Please don't contact me about translating RemoveR into German. Due to
- licencing restrictions RemoveR cannot be distributed as Shareware in
- the German language.
-
- If YOU have any suggestions as to how I could make RemoveR that little
- bit better, then please mail me. A huge number of the features included
- since version 1.0 have been from user suggestions. Ta !
-
- Please Remember
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- I really have worked hard on this program, and I reckon it offers more
- than a number of commercial packages that claim to be Uninstallers or
- Removers (plus they can cost ú30/ú50 .... this is a mere ú5/$10).
-
- Please read Register.txt for details about how to pay me for the use of
- this software.
-