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- verb Present participle of
uninstall .
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Examples
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However, "uninstalling" IE/OE from Windows via Windows Setup merely removes their shortcuts.
Fileforum 2010
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I then did the most basic things such as uninstalling programs that they never use as well as disabling unnecessary programs that boot up in the beginning.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008
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"uninstalling" safari (deleting Safari. app) leaves all the crufty WebKit stuff behind?
Betanews 2009
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Use apt-get remove for uninstalling or gui uninstaller
Lifehacker Pack 2009: Essential Free Windows Downloads | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Uninstaller for Adobe AIR is an easy solution for uninstalling Adobe AIR applications.
The Grand App Writing Challenge Submissions! | jonobacon@home 2010
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Even after uninstalling it, it leaves "hidden" software behind.
BBC Podcast, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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HP/Compaq actually had a driver specifically for Norton and if you try uninstalling Norton, your computer won't start up right and just not work the same.
How To Fix The McAfee Restart Debacle On Your Machines | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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However, on my home computer I ended up uninstalling it.
Lifehacker Pack 2009: Essential Free Windows Downloads | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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By uninstalling some of the applications and drivers that were not used (default installation comes with all graphics drivers, even if you only need one), it was quite easy to go down to 1905MiB of hard drive space — almost 300MiB reduction — and to 1055 packages.
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If you install an AIR application from its source without saving its installation program file, or if the AIR engine is not available, uninstalling an AIR application can be difficult on a GNU/Linux system because it requires the use of system commands via a shell.
The Grand App Writing Challenge Submissions! | jonobacon@home 2010
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