Of course, you can also manually delete preferences using a file manager like FileZ or Resco.
_______ Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bill Gamble > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Treo] Hard reset - what's first > > You've also got to keep in mind the entries that an app puts > into the Saved and/or Unsaved Preferences file. Merely > manually deleting files will leave those preferences behind; > using the native Delete menu (or a launcher like Launcher X) > - or, I assume, a utitlity like Cleanup - to delete the app > will also clear out its preferences...at least those > preferences with the same Creator ID as the appl file. > > _______ > Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > > Behalf Of john.messeder > > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:04 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [Treo] Hard reset - what's first > > > > I was thinking there was something to do with the cache, or maybe > > Resco's locker. Problem is, I've never really understood > exactly what > > they did, or why, which makes it more difficult to remember > why they > > were. > > Anyway, re the creator ID part - CleanUp claims there are a lot of > > files can be left behind becuause the parent software had used a > > different ID. Maybe installing Uninstaller first would take care of > > that problem. I ran Cleanup and went down its list and > found several > > files I knew were from software no longer on the Treo. > > The trouble with having to manually recognize and delete stuff, > > though, is back to the part about I fear I don't know enough to a) > > delete unnecessary stuff, and b) know what to put back when > it turns > > out I was wrong. > > > > Alli wrote: > > > Uninstall and Cleanup (Neatfreak?) are probably what you're > > thinking > > > about. So that you have a good uninstall program on prior > to adding > > > any apps. > > > > > > I'm still not convinced they do anything better than > anything else > > > though (having now been using Destaller Pro for a while). > > I'm slowly > > > deciding that the best way to uninstall is by using Resco > > Explorer and > > > view by creator i.d. to remove all the files. > > > > > > john.messeder wrote: > > > > > >> > I have seen on here a person or two say they were doing > > that, and > > >> > would install a protective program, of which I do not > > remember the > > >> > name nor understand the purpose, BEFORE installing > normal softwar
