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Re: Need Help with Toatal Uninstall
de BobLondonKy 04/23/2006 03:18
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in
news:p41m421j23ku496e86jdodaj4eauj6unuf@4ax.com:
> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:49:34 -0500, BobLondonKy <nospam@nospam.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Okay then. I was afraid that it might try to remove a .dll like
>>MFC42.DLL if there were some changes made to it. Hopefully then it
>>would just remove the changes.
>
> I don't think anyone would be crazy enough to try to patch a Microsoft
> .dll, considering that they've been known to change the files without
> changing the version information. ("Patching" the wrong file would
> convert the computer into a brick.)
>
> An install may install its version of a .dll without checking to see
> which one is newer but if it deletes the existing one, or overwrites
> it, and you have the Recycle Bin turned off, there's nothing TU can do
> to reinstall the newer version. If the .dll is marked as being
> shared, I would hope that TU would at least check to see how many
> programs claimed to need it before deleting it. (There's a kind of
> "log-in" mechanism to do that - Windows isn't completely brain-dead.)
>
Thanks for your reply.
Bob,
London, Kentucky
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