history of what's installed

[Jack]

Does Windows XP keep a history of what's installed IN ADDITION to only those
programs that can be viewed in the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control
Panel? If so, how do you access that complete history?

Jack

 

[David Candy]

Depending on what is meant by history. There are plenty of things that don't display in A/R P. You'll find them under here
Type regedit in Start Run and look under here.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

But only programs that put themselves here are shown. While that is most it's not all.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Greetings

No

 

[Jack]

OK -- I installed an older program that didn't install thru the A/R P -- now
I want to uninstall it, and I'm not sure of all it installed -- or changed,
and, it doesn't have an uninstall feature.

Jack

Depending on what is meant by history. There are plenty of things that don't
display in A/R P. You'll find them under here
Type regedit in Start Run and look under here.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

But only programs that put themselves here are shown. While that is most
it's not all.

 

[David Candy]

Maybe it just need the files deleted. Certainly for Dos that's true, and most simple windows utilities. Give some details.

 

[Jack]

The program is Serif DrawPlus 2.0, which does a good job with WMF files. I
installed it and later decided I wanted it installed elsewhere on the HD. I
attempted to uninstall it as best as I could without an uninstall feature or
A/R P. However, upon attempting to reinstall it elsewhere, I get a notice
that the program is already installed.

Jack



Maybe it just need the files deleted. Certainly for Dos that's true, and
most simple windows utilities. Give some details.

 

[David Candy]

Go here and click free technical support
http://www.serif.com/index.asp

They also have there own newsgroups (news://news.serif.com/SerifDrawPlus) , searching their knowledge base only found 1 for ver 5. Try the FAQ. But as 2 is old.....