Re: XP system restore & uninstall question

[HillBillyBuddhist]

"Kit" > wrote in message
...
> A little puzzled about XP's system restore & uninstall
> feature. If I uninstall a program and then for whatever
> reason have to use system restore to roll back to an
> earlier date, how is it that program reappears when it
> should no longer exist because of my having uninstalled
> it??? This gives me the impression that although I take
> the necessary step with Windows uninstaller as well as
> manually if need be to remove an application, program or
> what have you, it is but a waste of time because it is
> still there cluttering up my harddrive?! Is it even
> possible to remove a program completely? I feel System
> restore has one other unpleasant side effect. It removes
> email boxes that were created after restore date.
> Recreating the box doesn't bring anything back, such as
> contacts, saved mail etc. It appears as though a new box
> was created altogether. Is there a way to keep the one I
> had after the restore date? Please forgive me being so
> long, but I am truly confused here. Help, ideas, thoughts
> that can clear up my confusion I would be ever so
> thankful. -Kit
>
>

Perhaps this will shed some light.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp

http://tinyurl.com/28b4

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[Maureen Goldman]

>"Kit" > wrote:
>A little puzzled about XP's system restore & uninstall
>feature. If I uninstall a program and then for whatever
>reason have to use system restore to roll back to an
>earlier date, how is it that program reappears when it
>should no longer exist because of my having uninstalled
>it??? This gives me the impression that although I take
>the necessary step with Windows uninstaller as well as
>manually if need be to remove an application, program or
>what have you, it is but a waste of time because it is
>still there cluttering up my harddrive?

I've found that programs installed before a Restore rollback still
exist in the Program Files area, but only as a few skeleton files.
They can't be uninstalled because they are no longer installed in the
registry, but AFAIK the Program File folder can simply be deleted.
HOWEVER, if this is the sort of program that leaves souvenirs in your
system, then you may be better served by reinstalling and then
uninstalling.

(If I'm wrong, I'd appreciate one of the experts correcting me.)