[X4U] Cleanapp (something I didn't know I needed)

[Robert Ameeti]

At 8:05 AM -0800, 1/16/08, Jim Robertson wrote:

>Can anyone comment on the under-the-hood aspects of how these things work;

These things typically break more than they fix.

ie. Application 'A' from Company 'B' gets installed and the installer 
puts the 'Help' file 'C' where it belongs. The 'application watcher' 
program makes note of this.

Application 'B' from Company 'B' gets installed but the installer 
already sees Help file 'C' exists where it belongs and even though it 
is needed by Application 'B', it does not overwrite the existing file 
since it has been enhanced by the user over time.

The user then decides to uninstall Application 'A'. The uninstaller 
from the developer (if it exists) uninstalls the Application 'A' but 
leave behind the needed file 'C' since they know it might be needed 
for other applications.

The user then runs the 'application watcher' and it notices that 
Application 'A' no longer exists so it dutifully throws away the Help 
file 'C' that it thinks is no longer needed and thus breaks 
Application 'B'.
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Robert Ameeti

I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.
            -- Totie Fields
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