Uninstalling [Was: Palm Again - Fixed and How]

[Al Poulin]

Alex <alist at sprint.ca> wrote:
> 
> (3) If the application was installed with a third-party installer, then
> all depends on that installer and the installation script. You can
> remove the application by trashing it, as in (1), but bits will be left
> behind -- although it's much less likely than in Windows that they will
> cause trouble. A well-designed installer and/or installer script will
> have an uninstall option, and it's usually best to use it; if a
> separate uninstaller is provided, use that. But in some cases you may
> be left to your own devices, and removing all the nasty bits may be a
> hairy process -- Norton Utilities is a notorious example. I keep track
> of the process by doing a listing of the boot volume immediately before
> running the installer, another immediately afterwards, and doing a diff
> on the two files. Admitedly, it's cumbersome and inelegant -- but I'm
> paranoid; I hate not knowing what's on my own hard drive.

I've done that too.  To do a diff, do you use your Mark 1 Eyeball?  Or is
there a more efficient tool?

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Al Poulin
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