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Thread ID: 22109 2002-07-12 00:37:00 Uninstalling Norton systemworks vanman (959) Press F1
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61781 2002-07-12 00:37:00 NSW has been playing up on me a bit lately, and I want to do a clean reinstall .

What is the best way to to do a complete uninstall .

Is there a program that does a better job than the windows program uninstaller?

Or will the windows option do a good enough job?

Thanks
vanman (959)
61782 2002-07-12 01:37:00 Go to the add/remove programs section of the control panel and remove the program using its own unistaller . After the unistall is complete check the programs folder and delete any files that may have been left behind such as symantec shared folder, liveupdate, NSW folder, etc .

If you are still concerned about components left behind you could search the registry for entries (look for norton or system works, etc) . Probably not worth do this if you are planning on reinstalling as the instaler should replace these entries if they are corrupt .
Tristan Speak (465)
61783 2002-07-12 03:46:00 you must find and delete all the norton files includeing those hideing in windows. otherwise nortons will reuse them when reintalled and if those files are corrupt you will have problems again.for eg....

C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Symantec

C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Application Data\Symantec

C:\Program Files\Symantec

C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks
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