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Articles10 Reasons Why You Need a Windows 95 Uninstaller


March 1996 / News & Views / 10 Reasons Why You Need a Windows 95 Uninstaller

Although Windows 95 applications must have a deinstall routine to qualify for Microsoft's Windows 95 logo, companies such as MicroHelp (Marietta, GA, (770) 516-0899), Quarterdeck (Marina del Rey, CA, (310) 309-3700), and others have released their own Windows 95 uninstallers. Here's why:

1. Users have 16-bit and 32-bit applications and need uninstallers to manage and remove 16-bit applications.

2. The deinstall routines in Windows 95 applications don't usually remove data files. Third-party deinstallation programs do.

3. Third-party software utilities remove noncompliant Windows 95 programs.

4. Uninstallers that automatically make a compres sed backup copy of deleted files allow easy file restoration if you change your mind.

5. Mobile users need to move applications and data files from desktop PCs to notebooks and home PCs. Some third-party programs offer transport features that make this process fast and easy.

6. Windows 95 applications share files, but program-deinstall routines usually have minimal knowledge of other applications. Third-party programs perform a system scan the first time they run, which helps ensure that they know about all the applications and shared files on the system, including those installed before the deinstallation software.

7. Third-party programs that routinely scan a system can deinstall directories, temporary files, and registration entries created by a Windows 95 application after its installation.

8. Third-party utilities provide cleanup tools that eliminate unnecessary files on precious hard disk space.

9. Archive to ols compress infrequently used programs, thus saving hard disk space.

10. Before upgrading to Windows 95, users need to free up some hard disk space. It's easier to clean up a hard disk with an uninstaller.


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