User Guide

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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