Mcafee UNINSTALLER 6.0 User Manual

McAfee UnInstaller

User’s Guide

Version 6.0

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Welcome to UnInstaller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

When should I use UnInstaller? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Chapter 2. Installing UnInstaller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

What happens when I install UnInstaller? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Why do I have to create the SmartLinks database? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

What does the Interview do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

How do I put UnInstaller to work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

What do the UnInstaller wizards do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

What is PowerClean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

How do I change UnInstaller defaults? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

What is McAfee Guardian? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Chapter 3. Freeing Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

How do I keep my computer free of unnecessary files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

How do I set up QuickClean to run automatically? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

How do I schedule QuickClean to run at a specific time? . . . . . . . . . . .14

How do I free a specific amount of disk space on a drive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

How do I change defaults for SpaceMaker? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Chapter 4. Managing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

How do I get rid of an application? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

How do I make a copy of an application to rebuild on another computer? .19

How do I rebuild a transported application on another computer? . . .20

How do I archive an application so I can use it again later? . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

How do I move an application from one location to another? . . . . . . . . . . . .22

How can I monitor installation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

How do I set BackTrack Monitor to run in the background? . . . . . . . . .23

How do I monitor installation of a single application? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

How do I undo an application installation that I monitored? . . . . . . . . .25

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Chapter 5. Restoring Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Restoring applications and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

How do I restore an archived or backed-up application? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

How do I restore deleted files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

How do I get rid of backup copies I no longer want? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

How do I see what UnInstaller has done? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Chapter 6. Using PowerClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

What can I do when I use the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Why does the PowerClean feature open in read-only mode? . . . . . . . .34

How do I work with the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

What are the default file groups? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

How can I create a custom group? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

What commands are on the PowerClean menus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

How do I use the tab panes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

What do the color codes mean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

How do I change the defaults for the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

How can I see what I have done using the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . .43

Appendix A. About Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Windows 98 Applications and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

How does an application keep track of its configuration settings? . . . . . . .45

What is the Windows Registry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

How are computer files named? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

What are file name extensions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

What is an associated file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

What are junk files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

What are Internet cookies and how are they used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

What are compressed files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

What is an autoexpanding compressed file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Appendix B. Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

How to Contact McAfee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

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1Welcome to UnInstaller

UnInstaller™ can be used for many more purposes than simply uninstalling

old applications.

For example, UnInstaller can clean up junk files that have built up on your

computer as you browsed the Internet, and it can do this cleanup

automatically on a schedule that you specify. UnInstaller can also move

applications from one hard disk to another— even to another computer—and

change all references to the application at the same time.

Consider the following questions for more suggestions.

When should I use Un Installer?

Think about how you use your computer to see how useful UnInstaller can be.

Do you….

• Have programs that you don’t use anymore, for example games that you
don’t play frequently?

Use the Archive wizard to create an archive of programs or games by
compressing them. Then when you want to play a game again, click the old
shortcut to the game and let UnInstaller restore it to its original location.

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• Use the Internet?
When you surf the Internet, your computer can collect megabytes of

Internet junk files. Images, plug-ins, and other files you won’t need again
are downloaded to your computer. QuickClean can delete these files
quickly and reclaim disk space.

®

• Have a Zip

UnInstaller’s Archive and Transport wizards can compress entire
applications to a large removable disk. When you wa nt the applications
again, you restore them to the original computer or rebuild them on a
different computer without losing a ny setup information.

Perhaps more importantly, you ca n specify that UnInstaller backups
should be stored on a large removable disk to save space on your internal
hard drive.

• Have a new, second hard disk?
Use the Move wizard to relocate applications on the new disk and free

space on the old disk without losin g any setup information.

drive or other large-capacity removable disk drive?

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• Have outdated applications that you will never use again?
If you have old applications that you no longer use, the Remove wizard

will remove all traces of them from your computer.
Of course, if you think you might use an appli c ation again in some

circumstances, you can use the Archive wizard to create a compressed
backup copy and keep shortcuts to the application on your computer so
that you can restore it easily.

About this manual

This manual contains general information about using UnInstaller. It does not
describe step-by-step use of the UnInstaller wizards.

More detailed procedural information and step-by-step information about the
wizards are contained in the online help. In any dialog box, click Help for
specific information about the dialog box. When using the PowerClean
feature, click PowerClean Help on the Help menu.

For information on new additions to UnInstaller, you can also open the
Readme.txt file located in the UnInstaller folder on your computer to view
additional information.

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2Installing UnInstaller

The installation program on the UnInstaller CD lets you install the program
easily on your computer. Installation should start automatically when you put
the CD in the CD-ROM drive. The information in the following paragraphs
will help you install and start using UnInstaller.

What happens when I i nstall UnInstaller?

You can install and run UnInstaller if your computer is running Windows® 95
or later, or Windows NT 4.0 or later.

NOTE: To install UnInstaller on Windows NT, you must be logged in as

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a user who has Administrator privileges.

To install UnI nstaller :

1. Insert the UnInstaller CD into your CD drive. The installation wizard should start automatically. If it does not, click the

drive letter of your CD drive in Windows Explorer, and double-click the
file named Setup.exe in the file list.

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2. In the first installation wizard page, click Install UnInstaller.

3. Follow the instructions in the wizard pages to choose the drive and
folder where UnInstaller should be installed.

After each step, click Next.

4. Use the Interview wizard to specify some initial UnInstaller defaults, as

described in “What does the Interview do?,” on page 5.
As part of completing installation, UnInsta ller builds the SmartLinks

database for your computer while you provide information in a user
interview. When the interview is complete, the installation program
might still be building the SmartLinks database. Building the database
takes a few minutes. The larger your hard disk and the more data files it
contains, the longer it takes.

5. Click Finish in the final setup screen.

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Installing UnInstaller

By default, the Readme file appears in Notepad. If you do not want to
read the release notes in the Readme file, clear the check in the View
release notes? check box before you click Finish.

Why do I have to create the SmartLinks database?

The SmartLinks database stores information about the relationship between
files on your computer. It stores the names and locations of all files needed by
the operating system. For each application, th e Smar tLinks database stores
information about all of the files that the application needs to run correctly,
including icons, dynamically linked libraries (DLLs), and other executable
files, as well as operating system files that are used by the application. This
information makes the SmartLinks database a complete, cross-referenced
record of how executable and system files are used on your computer.

It is this information that makes using UnInstaller quick and safe. It ensures
that applications can be moved, archived, deleted, and transported safely and
completely, and it determines the files that can be safely deleted without
damaging an application or the operating system.

The SmartLinks database is created when you install UnInstaller. Because
building the database the first time can take several minutes, it is created in the
background as you provide some default information in an interview wizard.

When is the SmartLinks database updated?

After UnInstaller has created the SmartLinks database for your computer,
updating it takes much less time. Only records for files that have changed are
updated.

UnInstaller updates the SmartLinks database in the following circumstances:

• Each time you start UnInstaller, the old version of the da tabase is compared
with new information on your computer.

• After you restore files or applications from UnInstaller backup copies,
UnInstaller records changes that it has just made.

• After you delete or archive files or applications, UnInstaller records
changes.

• After you manually select a wizard from the main UnInstaller screen,
UnInstaller records changes that the wizard makes.

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What does the Interview do?

As you install UnInstaller, you answer a few questions about how you use files
on your computer, and whether you want to schedule some UnInstaller
events.

To run the interview again, click Customization Interview on the Options
menu in the main UnInstaller screen.

The Settings dialog box pages also let you view or change all settings that you
specified in the interview. For information about using the Settings dialog box,

see “How do I change UnInstaller defaults?,” on page 8.

How do I put UnInstaller to wo rk?

UnInstaller uses safe and simple wizards to perform its major tasks. Whe n you
use an UnInstaller wizard to clean up your hard disk or manage applications,
at each step you see exactly what you are specifying, and you can go back to
previous screens and change options if you change your mind.

Even if you are an expert computer user, UnInstaller wizards can automate
tasks, such as removing junk files, that would otherwise be time-consuming or
error-prone.

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Figure 2-1. The UnInstaller Application window

To run an UnInstaller wizard, click its button in the main UnInstaller w indow.

What do the UnInstaller wizards do?

UnInstaller wizards simplify cleaning up disk space and managing
applications. The wizards are listed and described in Table 2-1.

NOTE: Wizards are designed to be easy to understand and to use. Each

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wizard screen tells you what you need to know to enter information or
choose options. If you want to know more about a wizard, click Help.

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By default, SpaceMaker and Remove wizards create backup copies of files
before they are deleted. Although you can turn off backup creation when you
run the wizard, it is a good idea to make backups. Later, when you are sure
that you do not want to undo any UnInstaller actions, you can delete the
backup copy.

Table 2-1. The UnInstaller wizards

This wizard... Does this...
QuickClean Deletes various kinds of junk files and unconnected items in

the Windows Registry. QuickClean can be scheduled to run
automatically at any interval you specify.

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Remove Deletes any application you specify, and removes all related

shortcuts and Registry entries.

Archive Compresses an application into a backup file that you can

restore whenever you need it again. You can a lso in cl ude data
files that are associated with the application, if there are any.

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Move Relocates an ap plication. Complete ly moves an applicatio n

from one drive or folder to another—even to another
computer—and adjusts shortcuts and Registry entries to refer
to the application in its new location.

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Transport Packages an application so that you can rebuild it with the

same option settings on another computer. You can also select
and include data files that are associated with the application.

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Restore Restores deleted applications or files if backup copies were

created.
You can restore an entire application, a few files from an

application, or a few miscel lan eous fi les, such as th ose d e leted
by Remove or SpaceMaker—but only if backup copies were
created before the files were deleted.

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Table 2-1. The UnInstaller wizards (Continued)

This wizard... Does this...
BackTrack Monitors application installation.

SpaceMaker Deletes old files in specific categories until it has freed the

What is PowerClean?

PowerClean is not a wizard. It is a feature that lets you see files on your
computer, organized into categories, such as Internet Junk, Duplicate Files,
Archives, Multimedia Files, and so on. The feature also displays application
information that is stored in the Windows Registry.

If you are an experienced computer user, you can use Po werClean to manage
files manu ally . If yo u ar e in te re sted in trac ki ng s pe cif ic file s o r fi le s in spe cif ic
folders, you can even create custom files groups.

Lets you undo the installation of any application if it was
monitored by BackTrack.

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amount of disk space you specify.
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How do I change UnInstal ler defaults?

As you install UnInstaller, you have the chance to change some basic defaults
in the Interview. Later, after UnInstaller is installed, you can use the Settings
dialog box to review or change all default settings.

To see exactly what the default settings are, or to change them, click Settings
on the Options menu in the main UnInstaller screen. Then click the Settings
dialog box tabs for each wizard or option category.

The SpaceMaker, BackTrack, and QuickClean wizards and the PowerClean
feature all have Settings dialog box pages where you specify their default
behavior, including the age that files must be before they can be deleted.

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You can change most option settings temporarily when you run a wizard, and
you can open the Settings dialog box page for the wizard and make permanent
changes to the default.

Figure 2-2. The General page of the Settings dialog box

Table 2-1 on page 10 provides a brief description of each Settings dialog box
page and tells you where to find more information.

NOTE: For information about any Settings dialog box page, click Help.

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Table 2-1. Options in the Settings dialog box

Options on this page... Set this default behavior to determine...

General Which drives are tr ac ke d by t he SmartLinks database,

and which files and folders are excluded from all
wizard or PowerCle an lis ts.

Click Help in the General page of the Settings dialog
box for infor mation about these options.

SpaceMaker How old files must be before they can be deleted, and

which kinds of files can be deleted.

PowerClean Whether backups are created for deleted f iles, how ol d

files must be before they can be deleted, and other
delete protection options.

BackTrack Whether BackTrack’s I nsta llation Monito r runs as y ou

work, which kinds of installatio ns it monit ors, and
how long BackTrack archives are kept before they are
deleted.

QuickClean How old files must be before they can be deleted, and

what kinds of files can be deleted.

Folders The default backup, Archive, BackTrack, and

Transport compressed file locations.
Click Help in the Folders page of the Settings dialog

box for infor mation about these options.

What is McAfee G uardian?

You use McAfee Guardian to schedule the QuickClean wizard that keeps your
computer free of junk files and to set up Installation Monitor so that it either
does or does not run in the background as you work.

TIP: If the Guardian icon does not appear in the taskbar, start Guardian

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by clicking McAfee Guardian from the UnInstaller menu in the
Windows Start menu Program s list.

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McAfee Guardian is the program that all McAfee Software applications use to
manage scheduled and as-you-work events.

To schedule an UnInst aller ev ent:

1. Right-click the Guardian icon in the clock area of the Windows taskbar,

and choose What’s Scheduled from the popup menu.

Figure 2-3. Scheduling events

The What’s Scheduled dialog box appears.

2. Select QuickClean or Installation Monitor from the list of scheduled
events in the Events window and click Schedule to open the Event
Schedule dialog box. The default scheduled events are:

• Qclean.exe

• Rebuild the Smartlinks Data base

• Run Installation Monito r in the Background

3. Choose the time or interval when you want the event to run, or choose

Never to turn off an as-you-work or scheduled event.

TIP: If you are running UnInstaller, you can schedule events selecting

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Settings on the Options menu on the main UnInstaller screen and
choosing QuickClean. For more informa tion about scheduling, click
Help.

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