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    Add/remove question

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Hiker, Jul 11, 2009.

  1. Hiker

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    in add/remove when I click on an app such as Firefox it says used occasionally, 3 weeks ago, but I use it every day. Why's this?
     
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    IIRC each individual application is supposed to update this statistic in a registry key somewhere, but most don't bother. Windows then searches the start menu for a shortcut with the same name as the uninstall entry and uses the date that was last run/edited or something weird like that.
     
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    Sounds reasonable. It seems like some are the install date.
     
    Hiker, Jul 11, 2009
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