I have downloaded updates for different things, microsoft, adaware,etc, and some of these were put in the Add/Remove Programs. My question is can I delete these from the Add/Remove Program with out deleting the update. Why are some in the Add/Remove Programs and some are not? Thanks for your help.

Hello bobzmail, Sunday, July 17, 2005, 10:52:42 PM, you wrote: bjc> I have downloaded updates for different things, microsoft, bjc> adaware,etc, and some of these were put in the Add/Remove bjc> Programs. My question is can I delete these from the Add/Remove bjc> Program with out deleting the update. You can remove them from the list in Add /Remove Programs by using software such as TweakUI and that will leave them on the system. It's useful sometimes to disguise a program that you don't want others to see but limited functionality otherwise. It's not as if you go into Add / Remove Programs on a regular basis and even if it does look a bit full it's not going to cause a problem - it's just a list :-) bjc> Why are some in the Add/Remove Programs and some are not? That's pretty much down to the programmer - most will like there to be an entry whilst some prefer to have their own removal program that does things a bit different to the standard Windows way of doing it. Of course when it comes to viruses and spyware they definitely don't want entries that would enable a user to just click on to remove themselves <lol> -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe