User Guide

McAfee UnInstaller
146 McAfee Office
• EachtimeyoustartUnInstaller,theoldversionofthedatabaseiscompared
with new information on your computer.
• After you restore files or applications from UnInstaller backup co pies,
UnInstaller records changes that it has just made.
• Afte r you delete or archive files o r applications , U nInstalle r re co rds
changes.
• Afte r you m anually select a wizard from the main UnInstaller sc ree n,
UnInstaller records changes that the wizard makes.
Customization Interview
As you go through the installation process, UnInstaller will ask a few
questions about how you use files on your computer, and whether you want
to schedule some UnInst aller events. This will determine UnInstaller default
settings on your computer.
If you need to change some of these settings afterinstallation is completed,
you can run the interv ie w again, click Custom ization Interview on the
Options me nu in themain UnIns taller s creen.The UnInstallerSettingsdialog
box pages is dis played and will allow you to view or change all settings tha t
you specified in t he interview (see Changing UnInstaller d efaults).
Changing UnInstaller defaults
YoucanusetheSettingsdialog boxtorev ie worchangealldefau ltsetti ngst ha t
you have determined during the installation process.
To see exactly what the default settings are, or to change them, click Settings
on the Optio ns menu in the m ain UnInstaller sc ree n. Then click the Settings
dialog box tabs for each wizard or option category.
The SpaceMaker, BackTrack, and Q uickClean wizards and the PowerClean
feature all have Settings d ial og b ox page s where you spec if y t he ir default
behavior, inc luding the age that file s must be b e fore they can be deleted.
Youcanchangemostoptionsettings temporarilywhenyouruna wizard,and
youcanopentheSettingsdialogboxpag eforthew izardandmakepermanent
changestothedefault.
UnInstaller wizards
Un Installer wizards simplify cleaning up disk space and managing
applications.