Noob question - files

martin5349 · Post by **martin5349** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:32 pm

Hello

I'm new to wine and I have a simple question. When uninstalling previously installed windows program, does wine remove all the files? I mean if I don't fill my system with garbage installing win programs.

Thanks

Martin

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:35 pm

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:32 PM, martin5349 <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello

I'm new to wine and I have a simple question. When uninstalling previously installed windows program, does wine remove all the files? I mean if I don't fill my system with garbage installing win programs.

Thanks

Martin

Uninstallers don't work too well in wine, but aren't too high of a
priority. To remove all apps, run:
$ rm -rf ~/.wine

If you're going to be installing/uninstalling programs a lot, you
might be better off putting each app in its own prefix, see the FAQ
for details.

Paul Johnson · Post by **Paul Johnson** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:11 pm

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On Monday 31 March 2008 03:32:25 pm martin5349 wrote:

Hello

I'm new to wine and I have a simple question. When uninstalling previously
installed windows program, does wine remove all the files? I mean if I
don't fill my system with garbage installing win programs.

The uninstall is only as good as the uninstaller that came with the program
you installed. If your windows program's uninstaller doesn't remove
everything under Windows, it's not going to under Wine, either.

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Paul Johnson
[email protected]
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