Guest kldlaz Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 I have a program that i installed on my computer. I need to find out the file that are used for this programs because i need to format the harddisk. i don't ahve the installation CD if uninstall is able to remove list of files that a specific program uses then there must be a way to get that list thank
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: finding file installed "kldlaz" <kldlaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have a program that i installed on my computer. I need to find out the file > that are used for this programs because i need to format the harddisk. > i don't ahve the installation CD That's bad luck. > if uninstall is able to remove list of files that a specific program uses > then there must be a way to get that list Not really. Many programs require additional system files and do not install them if already present and they do not remove them either. Also, most programs need specific registry entries in order to run correctly and these entries are gone after formatting the disk. -- d-d
Guest P. Di Stolfo Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: finding file installed Hello, the problem is that programs usually write to the registry, into the System folder, and usually, without the right installation application, you can't make a complex application run. Some programs keep an uninstall log with a list of files/keys to be uninstalled in their folder, but normally, they're encrypted and therefore not readable. Which program is it? Maybe there's an online version of it. Greetings, P. Di Stolfo -- //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // http://blog.lysorp.com - small Windows Blog in German language //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "kldlaz" <kldlaz@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3E48B6C5-CF1C-4A8B-8922-3D0DDD730B8D@microsoft.com... >I have a program that i installed on my computer. I need to find out the >file > that are used for this programs because i need to format the harddisk. > i don't ahve the installation CD > if uninstall is able to remove list of files that a specific program uses > then there must be a way to get that list > > thank >
Guest Daddio Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 RE: finding file installed No, when you install a program, the files for running it are distributed in many places within the operating systems in a structural manner. It would be very unlikely you could find every programs files to reconstruct a program disk. You would have had to know each and every file and even then there would be no guarantee. "kldlaz" wrote: > I have a program that i installed on my computer. I need to find out the file > that are used for this programs because i need to format the harddisk. > i don't ahve the installation CD > if uninstall is able to remove list of files that a specific program uses > then there must be a way to get that list > > thank >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: finding file installed On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:18:01 -0700, kldlaz <kldlaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have a program that i installed on my computer. I need to find out the file > that are used for this programs They won't do you any good. > because i need to format the harddisk. Why? How do you know you "need" to? > i don't ahve the installation CD Then you are almost certainly out of luck. > if uninstall is able to remove list of files that a specific program uses > then there must be a way to get that list It's nowhere near as simple as a list of files. All applications (except for a very occasional trivial one) have many entries and pointers to them within Windows--in the registry and elsewhere. The programs without Windows--without those entries and pointers--are worthless. So if you have a new installation of Windows, you also have to reinstall all your programs. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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