Cannot Uninstall Briefcase in Add/Remove Programs
Article ID: 132653
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q132653
SYMPTOMS
When you start the Add/Remove Programs tool to remove a Briefcase from
the computer, you find that Briefcase is not listed on the Windows Setup
tab, and so it seems that you cannot completely remove a Briefcase from
the computer as you can other Windows components.
CAUSE
Once you have installed Briefcase, Windows excludes Briefcase from the
list of components that you can uninstall. Windows does so to prevent
data loss.
RESOLUTION
You can still delete any specific Briefcase on your computer by selecting
that Briefcase and deleting it as you would delete a folder.
MORE INFORMATION
If Windows enabled you to uninstall a Briefcase, any existing Briefcase
on your computer would become inaccessible. For this reason, Windows does
not give you the option to uninstall Briefcase.
Additional query words: 4.0 win95 removing deleting
Keywords: kbprb kbsetup kbui KB132653