McAfee UNINSTALLER 6.0 User manual

McAfee UnInstaller
User’s Guide
Version 6.0

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Welcome to UnInstaller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
When should I use UnInstaller? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Chapter 2. Installing UnInstaller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
What happens when I install UnInstaller? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Why do I have to create the SmartLinks database? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
What does the Interview do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
How do I put UnInstaller to work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
What do the UnInstaller wizards do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
What is PowerClean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
How do I change UnInstaller defaults? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
What is McAfee Guardian? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Chapter 3. Freeing Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
How do I keep my computer free of unnecessary files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
How do I set up QuickClean to run automatically? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
How do I schedule QuickClean to run at a specific time? . . . . . . . . . . .14
How do I free a specific amount of disk space on a drive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
How do I change defaults for SpaceMaker? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Chapter 4. Managing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
How do I get rid of an application? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
How do I make a copy of an application to rebuild on another computer? .19
How do I rebuild a transported application on another computer? . . .20
How do I archive an application so I can use it again later? . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
How do I move an application from one location to another? . . . . . . . . . . . .22
How can I monitor installation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
How do I set BackTrack Monitor to run in the background? . . . . . . . . .23
How do I monitor installation of a single application? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
How do I undo an application installation that I monitored? . . . . . . . . .25

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Chapter 5. Restoring Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Restoring applications and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
How do I restore an archived or backed-up application? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
How do I restore deleted files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
How do I get rid of backup copies I no longer want? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
How do I see what UnInstaller has done? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Chapter 6. Using PowerClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
What can I do when I use the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Why does the PowerClean feature open in read-only mode? . . . . . . . .34
How do I work with the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
What are the default file groups? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
How can I create a custom group? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
What commands are on the PowerClean menus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
How do I use the tab panes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
What do the color codes mean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
How do I change the defaults for the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
How can I see what I have done using the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . .43
Appendix A. About Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Windows 98 Applications and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
How does an application keep track of its configuration settings? . . . . . . .45
What is the Windows Registry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
How are computer files named? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
What are file name extensions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
What is an associated file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
What are junk files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
What are Internet cookies and how are they used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
What are compressed files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
What is an autoexpanding compressed file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Appendix B. Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
How to Contact McAfee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

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