-=> JEAN PARROT wrote to ALAN ZISMAN <=-

 AZ> There was discussion about removing folders of files added
 AZ> by MS patches or service packs-- if you manually delete the folders,
 AZ> you won't be able to remove the service pack (etc), leaving an orphaned
 AZ> item in the Add/Remove control panel.

 JP>         I had a funny occurrence in this regard. All the SPs
 JP> disappeared
 JP>         from the Add/Remove dialogue and I had not done the trick on
 JP>         them AND all the $uninstallxxxx were still in WINNT. I really
 JP> do
 JP>         not follow this now. That is me !

When funny things happen at my house, my 19-year old blames the ghost.
Sounds like you have a ghost in the machine.

 AZ> You can get rid of such items using Regedit-- but easier is to use
 AZ> TweakUI.

 JP>         I did get TweakUI but I do better going to DOS and even using
 JP>         deltree as you showed me. Maybe I should give TweakUI a further
 JP>         look and trial. I did not do so good with Logon in it. But
 JP>         again, that is more than probably due to me.
 JP>         .

Two different things. From DOS using Deltree (or even using Windows
Explorer), you would be removing the $uninstallxxxx folders... this would
(presumably) leave behind the orphaned entries in the Add-Remove list--
which is what Tweakui (etc) lets you remove... Tweakui's Add-Remove options
do not remove any actual files, only edit the Registry entries referring to
the files.
... -- az: email to alan (at) zisman (dot) ca
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