[muglo] Re: Manually Uninstalling Software: (--Long--) Was [Re: printer]

>So, it would seem that if the installer log is a consistent and accurate
>record of what has been installed, then a relatively straight forward
>general purpose uninstaller could probably be written to read the installer
>log and remove the files. [How's your Applescript or Perl scripting, Eric?]

I'm better at plucking me nose hairs :) (never touched Perl in my life)

>Of course this would only work for programs using an installer and creating
>an installer log. It would also require that you retain installer logs for
>original installs and any updates installed. [We wouldn't throw them away,
>now, would we? :-)   ]

And, even if they were stored in somewhere like Library you'd still have to 
find them...

>Any programs that would be installed by dragging onto your drive, could,
>presumably just be dragged to the trash, to uninstall.

I have yet to come across a drag-and-drop app that can't be eliminated with 
a second drag-and-drop. MS Office seems to follow that philosphy completely. 
Not one of the files installed & recorded in your log file went outside of 
the Microsoft Office 2004 directory.

One interesting file...
Installed _OSX:Applications:Microsoft Office 2004:Additional Tools:Remote
Desktop Connection:Remote Desktop Connection

What is this? Does MS Office provide a VNC client or a server? (not that 
that's a major thing since you can get both _for free_ on both OS 9 and OS 
X)


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