WinUtilities - User Guide and FAQ

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Frequently Asked Questions - WinUtilities

1. Can you install this on a 2003 server?
   Yes, WinUtilities supports all Windows Platforms (Windows 95/98/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista). for vista users, we highly recommend you to run WinUtilities with the administrator privilege.
   
   
2. Very pleased with the product and in particular the ability to create custom plugins. But here is where I would like more information. Many people would like to remove the $NTUninstall backup folders and associated registry entries from both the hard drive and Add/Remove Programs. Can this be done with a custom plugin? I would be very interested in trying this if I had more information on the capabilities and necessary syntax to achieve this.
   To remove the $NTUninstall backup folders, you can follow below steps:
   1. create a file named removentuninstall.pl under (WinUtilities installation folder)\hc_plugins\apps
   2. edit removentuninstall.pl, then append this:
      ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
      ;removentuninstall.pl
      [Information]
      Name=$NtUninstall Folders
      [Valid]
      display=FolderExist %Windows%
      [Action]
      doaction1=DeleteFolderList %Windows%,$NtUninstall*,NotIncludeSubFolders
   3. Restart WinUtilities History Cleaner module.
   We will improve this history clean module and offer the SDK doucments for advanced users in the further.
   
   
3. After I use the program to clean files, when I run MS-Word (Office 2003 Pro), it displays a "Installing Word..." message & seems to be re-installing from the CAB. Does it every time. Is there a file in your list of file extensions that maybe should not be cleaned?
   The problem is with file: (Sytem Drive)\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Data\OPA11.BAK
   
   When Disk Cleaner removes this *.bak file, and one runs Microsoft Word, it triggers some feature re-install of Word. you can set WinUtilities Disk Cleaner to skip that folder or uncheck '*.BAK' category under WinUtilities options dialog to solve this issue.
   
   
4. Is it possible to disable some functionality of this product when installing? I want to make the Duplicate File Finder functionality available to our users, but not most of the others.
   We are sorry, It is impossible to disable some functionality of this product through WinUtilities GUI, if you are using NTFS file system, you can configure the file permission to do this.