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  1. 2003/06/02
    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Hi all!

    I´ve noticed that RegScrub has been withdrawn from the download sites. Does anyone know why?

    About this and a few similar applications, does the respective installer write to the registry?

    JV16 Power Tools
    JV16 RegCleaner
    Ad-aware
    RegScrubXP
    Spider
    Spybot
    SpywareBlaster
    TweakUI
    XP-AntiSpy

    Thanks for Your time,
    Christer
     
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    RegscrubXP seems to still be available at most dl sites, for example:
    http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?11000000036424
    The original Geocities site seems to be down---probably a bandwidth problem, not unusual on these free sites when a lot of downloads take place.

    Almost all installers write to the registry---what exactly are you getting at?

    Even if no direct registry writing takes place, files' locations and many MRU's usually contain references to them.
     
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    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Hi Abraxas,
    thanks for Your reply!

    Some installers unpack the files to a specified directory without writing anything to the registry. Kind of un-zipping. I have a few of those applications which I have put on D:.

    I put "to-the-registry-writing" stuff on C: to be included in my Ghost Images.

    It´s not a big issue, I was just wondering ...... :eek: ...... and applying the easy solution to ask on here!

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    OK. I get you now. You'd like to put the standalone apps on the other drive and keep the truly "installed" apps with the system. Good thinking.

    However, I don't know of any easy way to tell ahead of time what apps are standalone. Generally speaking, if they have uninstallers and are listed in Add/Remove, they have registry entries.

    If the app has an install log in it's folder, reading that in Notepad will tell you if it reverses reg entries during uninstall.

    Not too helpful, but if I get any epiphanies, I'll let you know ;)
     
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    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    I think I´ll just "install" on C: and then check the registry to see if anything has been entered. If not, I´ll move it to D:.

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    The opposite way may be informative, too. Move the folder from Program Files to your other drive and see if the app still functions properly. If it does, then it probably has all the dll's, etc. it requires in it's own folder and can run by itself.
     
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    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Not only smarter but also simpler than searching the registry!

    The most simple way, though, would be to install those small applications on C: too and stop making things difficult.

    I´m beginning to think that I´m thinking too much ...... :eek: ......

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    LOL.

    I made my system drive 20 gigs just to avoid that type of problem. So far, only half full and only that because of optional games that can go if needed.
     
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    I´ll re-partition my 40 GB to C: = 8 GB for the system and applications, D: = 24 GB for data and E: = 8 GB for Ghost Images of C:.
    I play no games so I think that 8 GB will be enough for the system and applications.

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