Add/Remove Programs: Program Usage

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I use Firefox and Thunderbird every single day. They are on for hours at
a stretch. Yet Add/Remove Programs says they are used "Rarely".

How can it be so wrong?
 
Roger said:
I use Firefox and Thunderbird every single day. They are on for hours at
a stretch. Yet Add/Remove Programs says they are used "Rarely".

How can it be so wrong?
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Why does it matter?
 
Hi Roger,

It's made up of guess work. See this blog by Raymond Chen [MSFT]

The Old New Thing : How does Add/Remove Programs get the size and other
information?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/07/09/178342.aspx

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I use Firefox and Thunderbird every single day. They are on for hours at
a stretch. Yet Add/Remove Programs says they are used "Rarely".

How can it be so wrong?
 

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