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Removing Software – Junk to Viruses

Once your computer starts collecting too much junk on it that you are no longer using, it is time to work on removing software. This “junk” or software includes such things as games, application, utilities, tools and out of date security products.

Whenever you are removing software from your computer, you should not just start deleting things that you think do not belong on your computer. Doing this will put your other working programs at risk. Furthermore, while you are removing software from your computer, you do not want to delete DLL files. These extremely important files are scattered throughout your computer system. They are part of Windows and without them your computer will not be able to operate. Of course, there is also a lot of software that requires DLLs in order to operate properly.

 

So, if you want to properly remove programs from your computer, you should use the Remove programs applet that is built into windows. This will allow you to easily see what programs you currently have installed and then you will be able to automatically remove these. There are 2 ways in which you can go about removing software in this way.

 

The first method for removing software is to click on your computer’s start button. From there you will want to go to settings. There you will see the control panel and you will want to click on it. You can then locate the add and remove icon and double click it so that you can start removing software.

The second method is to click start, then click run. You can then type in “control appwiz.cpl” without the quotes. Then all you have to do is click OK. This will allow you to locate the programs that you want to remove. It will then completely uninstall it for you.

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