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Installing UnInstaller
Why do I have to create the SmartLinks database?
The SmartLinks database stores information about the relationship between
files on your computer. It stores the names and locations of all files needed by
the operating system. For each application, the SmartLinks database stores
information about all of the files that the application needs to run correctly,
including icons, dynamically linked libraries (DLLs), and other executable
files, as well as operating system files that are used by the application. This
information makes the SmartLinks database a complete, cross-referenced
record of how executable and system files are used on your computer.
It is this information that makes using UnInstaller quick and safe. It ensures
that applications can be moved, archived, deleted, and transported safely and
completely, and it determines the files that can be safely deleted without
damaging an application or the operating system.
The SmartLinks database is created when you install UnInstaller. Because
building the database the first time can take several minutes, it is created in the
background as you provide some default information in an interview wizard.
When is the SmartLinks database updated?
After UnInstaller has created the SmartLinks database for your computer,
updating it takes much less time. Only records for files that have changed are
updated.
UnInstaller updates the SmartLinks database in the following circumstances:
• Each time you start UnInstaller, the old version of the database is compared
with new information on your computer.
• After you restore files or applications from UnInstaller backup copies,
UnInstaller records changes that it has just made.
• After you delete or archive files or applications, UnInstaller records
changes.
• After you manually select a wizard from the main UnInstaller screen,
UnInstaller records changes that the wizard makes.
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McAfee UnInstaller
By default, the Readme file appears in Notepad. If you do not want to
read the release notes in the Readme file, clear the check in the View
release notes? check box before you click Finish.
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