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Garbage files |
T68 MMS
Joined: Jun 01, 2002
Posts: 162
From: Philippines
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is it normal after uninstalling apps, other files associated with it still exist? |
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Swag
Joined: Jun 21, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Oslo, Norway
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Yes, some apps leave config files and stuff. I always check after uninstalling something....
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T68 MMS
Joined: Jun 01, 2002
Posts: 162
From: Philippines
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Ok, but what's hard is, indentifying the files associated with the app.
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Lopio
Joined: Feb 07, 2003
Posts: 266
From: Cebu City, Philippines
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i have to delete those garbage manually
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Swag
Joined: Jun 21, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Oslo, Norway
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Sometimes it can be hard to identify the files, but when you have checked a couple of times, you will know what's supposed to be there or not...
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memzy999
Joined: May 13, 2003
Posts: 20
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Same here, some garbage has to be removed manually... |
T68 MMS
Joined: Jun 01, 2002
Posts: 162
From: Philippines
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Maybe a new P800 user should tell us the files within the phone from first use? (without any changes made) |
zaphod
Joined: May 27, 2003
Posts: 105
From: Dorset, England
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I think that the Symbian un-installer will only remove files which it installed in the first place. Any files created by the app wont get uninstalled e.g. caches etc. After an uninstall I would think it is safe to delete the folder system\apps\appname to remove the temporary files. Of course this wont work if the app puts temporary files somewhere else and next time you install, you will have deleted your previous settings and will have to reconfigure the app.
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Swag
Joined: Jun 21, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Oslo, Norway
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Yeah, it think it works that way too... By the way...
Welcome to Esato... 
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zaphod
Joined: May 27, 2003
Posts: 105
From: Dorset, England
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Thanks. Hello All!
It would be a nice feature to add to Tracker or suchlike to log files created by various threads etc.. It could then offer an uninstall feature which could stop the running app, uninstall it and remove all the files created by the app. Maybe there is already something out there which does this? |
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Posted: 2003-05-27 11:54
