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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of john.messeder > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:04 AM > To: [email protected] > 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
