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               Add/Remove Pro v. 1.02
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    Freeware written by Ray Geide.  Distributed by
Super Win Software - http://superwin.com/.

    Maybe no one is like me, but you should see my 
Add/Remove Programs list.  It is full of broken links.  
The only way to remove them is to open up the Registry 
and try to figure out where the Uninstall entries are.  
I'm too lazy to do this more than once a year, so I 
wrote Add/Remove Pro.
    There is no need to install Add/Remove Pro (I would 
hate for it to appear on the Add/Remove Programs list).  
Just run Addrempr.exe.  You can run it from anywhere, 
a diskette, a zip file, or the hard drive.  It will 
show all of the entries in the Add/Remove Programs list 
of the Registry and if they are valid entries.

    There are two terms that you need to understand:  
Entry and Link.  Entry is the items in the list.  Each 
Entry has additional information in the Registry about 
how to uninstall it.  An Uninstall String is usually 
part of this information.  This is a Link to an 
uninstall program and information.
    Add/Remove Pro checks the Link to see if it points 
to available files and if not, if the destination drive 
may be a removable disk that isn't present.
    Below are the Different Messages that Add/Remove 
Pro returns.

Select Entry
    If nothing is selected, this message will be 
displayed.
    I recommend that you click on the first entry
and use the down arrow key to scroll down through the 
list one at a time checking the validity of each Entry.

No Link
   There is no link information with this entry.  In 
other words this entry in the Registry has no Uninstall 
command.
    I removed these by pressing the Remove Entry button.  
Maybe this was not the correct thing to do, but why else 
would the entries be there?  I want a clean registry.

Broken Link
    The Link for this Entry points to a nonexistent 
location.  This is probably because you already 
uninstalled it or deleted it.  This Entry does nothing 
but take up space.
    If you want to, you can press the Uninstall Program 
button just to make sure that the link is broken.  An 
uninstall program may startup but there is probably no 
uninstall information for the program to process and so 
it will return an error.
    I recommend that you press the Remove Entry button 
to remove it from the Add/Remove Programs list in the 
Registry.

Missing Disk
    The Link of this Entry points to information on a 
removable disk (CD, Diskette, etc.) that is not present.
    I recommend if you do not want this program on your 
Removable Disk that you insert the Disk and press 
the Uninstall Program button to uninstall it.
    If you do not want this Entry on the Add/Remove 
Programs list then press the Remove Entry button

Good Link
    This signifies a good Entry.  The Link for it points 
to an Uninstall program and information.
    I recommend if you do not want this program on your 
computer that you press Uninstall Program to uninstall 
it, otherwise, leave it alone and let it be.

    Both the Uninstall Program button and the Remove 
Entry button will prompt you before doing anything.
    After uninstalling a program the Uninstall Program 
button will change to Refresh List.  Press it and the 
list will be reloaded.

Changes to v. 1.01
    I had Add/Remove Pro set up so that it listed everything in the Uninstall folder of the Registry, but someone has informed me that that was not a good thing.  Some things are not meant for you to know or tamper with.  So now only the entries that have a DisplayName key are displayed.
    I added a button up next to the Title that will add an icon for Add/Remove Pro to the Start Menu.  If an icon is already there, pressing the button will remove it.  If you put the cursor over the button, a hint will popup telling whether it will place or remove the icon.

Changes to v. 1.02
    It seems that not all Links were checked correctly.  I have corrected this.

                      NOTICE

    Removing entries from the registry will not 
decrease the size of the registry until the Registry is 
exported and rebuilt.  WinRescue can perform this.  It's 
process for doing this is called RegPack.
    WinRescue is Shareware and may be downloaded from
our website at http://superwin.com/.
    I recommend that before you do anything to the 
registry that you back it up with WinRescue.  If 
Windows95/98 crashes, WinRescue can restore it in 
minutes.  WinRescue can return the registry to a 
previous configuration, make and restore backups, and 
rebuild the registry.  For more information go to our 
website at http://superwin.com/rescue.htm.


    This software is freeware and may be distributed 
freely as long as it is distributed in its entirety.

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