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- CleanSweep README file
-
- The following information supplements the written documentation. Please keep
- in mind that the online help is more current than the printed manual.
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- Using CleanSweep With the Keyboard
-
- If you prefer using CleanSweep with the keyboard instead of the mouse, see
- "Navigating With the Keyboard" in CleanSweep's online help system.
-
- Typing CleanSweep Commands
-
- If you like, you can uninstall programs by typing commands instead of using
- CleanSweep's graphical interface. For information, see "Command Line Options"
- in CleanSweep's online help system.
-
- Deleting Graphic Files
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- CleanSweep's Find Unused feature (described in Chapter 2 of the manual) lets
- you delete unused graphic files. In addition to the graphics file formats
- listed in the manual, CleanSweep can find and delete .JPG and .XPM files.
-
- Deleting a Program Using Drag and Drop (Alternative Shells Only)
-
- If you are using an alternative Windows shell that allows you to drag program
- items onto the desktop (such as Quarterdeck's SideBar, Norton Desktop for
- Windows, or PC Tools for Windows) there is an alternative method for selecting
- a program to uninstall: just drag a program's icon to the Quarterdeck
- Cleansweep icon in the Quarterdeck CleanSweep folder.
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- Notes to SideBar Users
-
- 1) Orphaned Programs:
-
- An orphaned program is a program that does not have an icon in Windows
- (perhaps because the icon was deleted). If you are using SideBar and you
- use CleanSweep's Search feature to look for orphaned programs, it will find
- orphaned programs plus any programs that exist in nested folders (that is,
- folders within folders). Once you have searched for orphaned programs, look
- through the list carefully to verify that you want to uninstall the
- programs listed. See Chapter 2 of the CleanSweep manual for information on
- orphaned programs and the Search feature.
-
- 2) Minimizing Apps to the SideBar Desktop During a Search
-
- SideBar can be configured to minimize all applicatons to the desktop when
- SideBar Desktop is selected from the Task List. It is important that you
- not do anything that would cause CleanSweep to become minimized while it is
- searching for programs, unused files or duplicate files. If you minimize
- CleanSweep, the search process will terminate, and when you return to
- CleanSweep, you will be back at the main menu.
-
- Searching for Orphaned Programs
-
- When using CleanSweep's Search feature to locate orphaned Windows programs,
- CleanSweep may find files from certain programs that are not Windows
- applications. This is because some programs, particularly, certain DOS Extended
- programs, use a special internal format called NE (New Executable) File Format
- that causes CleanSweep to believe they are Windows applications. After
- searching for orphaned programs, look through the list carefully to verify that
- you want to uninstall the programs listed.
-
- Using CleanSweep on Monochrome Systems
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- If you are using CleanSweep on a system with a monochrome display, highlighted
- items in some dialog boxes may be difficult to read. This is a common issue for
- Windows programs running on monochrome systems. You can easily resolve the
- problem by changing the color that Windows uses for highlighted text. You can
- change Windows's colors in the Control Panel, normally located in the Main
- program group or folder.
-
- If Multiple Icons Exist for a Single Program
-
- You may have more than one program icon for a single program; for example, you
- may have an icon for the same program in different groups or folders. When
- uninstalling such a program, CleanSweep will remove only one of the program
- icons. To remove the other icons, use CleanSweep to uninstall from the groups
- that contain the icon, or delete the extra icons manually.
-
- Deleting a Program From a Network Drive
-
- Near the end of Chapter 2 of the Cleansweep manual you will find information
- about uninstalling programs from a network drive. While uninstalling a program
- from a network drive, if you create a network decoy and select Multiple Copy
- CleanSweep will place several of its own files in the program's directory which
- you may want to manually delete later. Once you are certain that all users of
- the program have run the network decoy and deleted the program's files from
- their hard drives, you can delete these files from the program's directory on
- the network drive:
-
- CLNSWEEP.DAT
- CLNSWEEP.EXE
- CLNSWEEP.HLP
- CSTREE.DLL.
-
- If you uninstall a program from a network drive and you do not create a network
- decoy, any workstation that attempts to start the application on the network
- drive will receive an invalid path message. Unless you have a reason not to
- delete the program's files on workstations, we suggest you enable the Create
- Network Decoy option.
-
- If CleanSweep Cannot Restore a Backup
-
- In the unlikely event that CleanSweep cannot restore a backup file that
- CleanSweep created during an uninstall, you can use the widely-available
- utility PKUNZIP to restore the backup. CleanSweep's backup files are stored in
- CleanSweep's directory (by default, \CLNSWEEP) and have the extension .BUP. To
- restore a CleanSweep backup with PKUNZIP, type the command PKUNZIP -D followed
- by the backup filename. You must include the extension .BUP on the backup
- filename.
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