Perform restart immediately after uninstalling a program
Submitted Tuesday, March 11, 2008
In my work as Editor of Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine, I have to install a lot of third-party software on my device so that I can test and review products or edit other authors’ reviews. I usually wait until I’m finished with a series of reviews before I delete these programs from my device, but that can cause a problem.
In some cases, after you delete a program, a message is displayed that instructs you to “restart the device to finish removing the program,” (below). If you tap on OK, a soft reset is automatically performed. If you tap on Cancel, you can continue using your device, but must perform a manual soft reset at a later time to complete the uninstall process.
A problem can arise when you are uninstalling more than one program at the same time. In some—but not all—cases, if you uninstall a program, get the “restart the device…” message, tap the Cancel button, and then immediately uninstall another program, some of the components of the first program may be left on the device after you restart it. Again, this doesn’t happen all the time, but it’s happened enough for me to notice it.
The solution is, if the uninstall routine tells you that you have to restart the device, tap the OK button.
Some third-party programs require your device to be “restarted” to complete the uninstall.
By Rich Hall
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