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Peter Kleczka wrote:
>
> Peter
>
> I believe the items that the uninstall
> program cannot remove vary from
> program to program. Sometimes they
> are programms (such as .dll files)
> that the registry thinks may be used
> by other programs. Other times
> the files seem to be program output --
> for instance, if you uninstall
> Microsoft Word you might not want the
> uninstall utility to delete any Word
> documents -- you probably just want
> it to delete the Word program.
>
Thank you for your response. The posting was not a request for
assistance. It was posted as an example of poorly written instructions.
--
Peter
Arguing with an engineer is like mud wrestling with a pig.
You soon realize they both enjoy it.
