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Old February 28th 09, 08:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
Night Hawk
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Default Ophan folders in registry


cp24;980269 Wrote:
Is it safe to manually deleted those ophan folders left behind in the
registry from uninstalled programs ?
Appreciate any suggestions !


If the uninstaller or add/remove, Programs+Features uninstaller sees
any main keys left behind for a program you know is no longer installed
then removing any found later would be the best idea. First confirming
that these don't actually belong to some other program still in use
would be the idea there however.

Editing the system registry itself is best left for the advanced user
since one simple mistake can easily make programs presently installed
unusable. You also want to confirm that any entries removed are not part
of Windows but strictly for a 3rd party program no longer present.


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