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Re: Desktop Icons Placement - Utility Comparison         

Group: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize · Group Profile
Author: D. Spencer Hines
Date: Sep 26, 2006 12:08

Hilarious!

This is why it's far smarter to pay up front and download from a reputable,
secure site such as PC Magazine, rather than from some fly-by-night
"freeware" merchant.

You get what you pay for.

DSH

"Alec S." <@> wrote in message news:eDFqQoZ4GHA.2536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "Bill P" nospam426for.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:et5XdGY4GHA.3444@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Alec S." <@> wrote in message
>> news:uS5qjbP4GHA.2264@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> "Bill P" nospam426for.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:%%23Es6OwL4GHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Just a question about uninstalling Icon Restore. Why can't you just
>>>> use
>>>> Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs ?
>>>
>
>>> Because it doesn't create an entry in ARP. Icon Restore isn't a
>>> "program", it isn't even available normally. It's merely two
>>> little files included in the Windows Resource Kit for advanced users.
>>> The
>>> installer was created by a third party, some guy who
>>> wanted to make it easier for novices. Apparently however, they didn't
>>> create an uninstaller for it.
>>>
>
>> It's in ARP on my computer.
>
>
> Perhaps you've got a different one. Like I said, the program comes in two
> files, so there is no installer at all. You must have a
> version that someone packaged with both an installer and uninstaller,
> while someone else may have gotten a different one with only
> an installer. They should check to see if they have an entry or not.
>
>
> --
> Alec S.
> news/alec->synetech/cjb/net
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