Index
Informations on WinClean

Installing WinClean

Installing new programms

Displaying program contents

Deleting programms

WinClean re-installation


 Installing WinClean

WinClean will install itself automatically after it executes the first time.

For each installed application WinClean will create a new control file. Therefor you should install

WinClean in an separate directory.


Installing applications
Installing new Programms

Program name

Within this field please enter a short description of the program to be installed. When installation is

completed, the name entered here will be shown in the list box of the WinClean main window.

Drive

This should be the disk or partition on which you install the new program. WinClean does only check the drive entered here for new directories.


Displaying program contents

Using this option the files, directories and tags belonging to a specific program can be displayed.

Directories:

This list box shows the directories that will be deleted when the program is to be removed.

All the files that are stored in these directories will be deleted too, so you should be sure to have backed

up your personal files before letting WinClean delete these directories.

Files:

This listbox shows the files in the WINDOWS and WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories that will be deleted

when you remove a program via WinClean.

Tags:

This listbox displays the tags in WIN.INI which will be removed when you delete the program.


Deleting programs

This command removes the program selected in the list box of the WinClean main window from the disk.

Directories:

This list box shows the directories that will be deleted when the program is to be removed.

All the files that are stored in these directories will be deleted too, so you should be sure to have backed

up your personal files before letting WinClean delete these directories.

Files:

This listbox shows the files in the WINDOWS and WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories that will be deleted

when you remove a program via WinClean.

Tags:

This listbox displays the tags in WIN.INI which will be removed when you delete the program.


Installation
Installation Phase 2

WinClean has copied an excact representation of the fixed disk and of the Windows directories into

internal memory.

Now WinClean should be iconized and the disired application can be installed as stated in its Handbook.

If installation is not successful, you can try to re-install the application or cancel the execution of

WinClean after getting it's window back to normal size.

If installation was successful, re-display the WinClean window and press the OK button.


Reinstallation
Re-installing WinClean

With this menu command, WinClean can be moved from it's home directory to another partition or

directory. All of the control files will be copied too. The contents of the old directory will not be

deleted when moving WinClean.

Reinstall from path:

This entry field holds the path in which WinClean is currently installed. You are not able to change

contents in this entry field.

To path:

Here the new path must be entered in which WinClean will be copied to.