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From: swh@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Steve Harrold)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: How to clean WIN.INI and WINDOWS directory?
Message-ID: <67620009@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com>
Date: 22 Apr 91 15:59:26 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Is there a procedure or tool documented/offered somewhere that will cleanup
my WIN.INI file and WINDOWS directory?

Every utility and application insists on cluttering up these locations with
their own stuff.  It's next to impossible to un-install them later.  And
even if you keep the utility/app, you can never know for sure what belongs
to Windows and what belongs to the app.

This is very reminiscent of the old days when every program insisted on
polluting the root directory instead of using a private directory.