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Table of Contents
Chapter 5. Restoring Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Restoring applications and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
How do I restore an archived or backed-up application? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
How do I restore deleted files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
How do I get rid of backup copies I no longer want? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
How do I see what UnInstaller has done? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Chapter 6. Using PowerClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
What can I do when I use the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Why does the PowerClean feature open in read-only mode? . . . . . . . .34
How do I work with the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
What are the default file groups? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
How can I create a custom group? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
What commands are on the PowerClean menus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
How do I use the tab panes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
What do the color codes mean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
How do I change the defaults for the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
How can I see what I have done using the PowerClean feature? . . . . . . . . .43
Appendix A. About Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windows 98 Applications and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
How does an application keep track of its configuration settings? . . . . . . .45
What is the Windows Registry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
How are computer files named? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
What are file name extensions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
What is an associated file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
What are junk files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
What are Internet cookies and how are they used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
What are compressed files? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
What is an autoexpanding compressed file? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Appendix B. Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
How to Contact McAfee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
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