Question about Control Panel - Add or Remove

Cricketm

15 years ago

When I go to Control Panel > Add or Remove.... I see JAVA TM Update 2, 3, 5, 7.... Could I remove the older versions?

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
yes and you should the old versions can be security leaks to your pc, java unfortunately does not remove the old version when you update it so you have to remember to do that manually, but there is a great little free program that will do it all for you and get all the bits and peices. Called javara. You can also remove from add remove.
JavaRa 1.11

Be sure you do have the latest java update they have put out a few new one lately, you can always go to the control panel to your java open it there and hit the update button.
Cricketm
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you Raven.....for the interesting info. What about all the Security Updates for Microsoft Windows....could I remove them or should I leave them alone. As you can tell I like to clean my computer files. ...Thanks for any input.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
no you want to leave those there those are the uninstall options for your updates and they need to be there just in case you ever need to remove them so in general it is best to just leave them alone.

a very good program you can use either online or download it is the Secunia Personal inspector it will check all the stuff on your pc and let you know if there are updates available, it is also free.
Welcome to Secunia Online Software Inspector
the download version is the PSI

and a good safe program to use to help clean up safely is ATF
ATF-Cleaner.
you can use it for each version of browser that you have on your pc.

I do not use or recommend any type of registry cleaner.
lotodig
15 years ago
ravencajun .. I was interested in the comments you made above about installing javara to clear/remove old version of java. since I had a lot of old versions of java in the add/remove list I did as you suggested and downloaded the javara to take care of those old files.

here's my question........where did it go. After i downloaded it, I can't find it to run the program to clear/remove the old versions of java.

thanks for sharing your knowledge.......you and others here have been very good to "almost computer illiterate" folks like me.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
well do you know where to you told it to put the javara when you did the download? did you put it on your desktop or in a folder somewhere, you would need to go to where ever you stored it?

you could search for where you put it, start, search, find files or folders and look for javara.
zep516
15 years ago
I would think it defaults to the program files folder, so open "my computer" now double click "c" Local Disk, ok you are lookig at the hard drive now look for the folder called "Program files" Double click it in the folder look for "javara"
lotodig
15 years ago
ravencajun...zep516
thanks, yes I found it in both places, ran it and cleared out many old files.

thank you again...
buyorsell888
15 years ago
Ravencajun, secunia found three for me that weren't updated.
Thanks, I guess I should visit this board more often. You've really helped me in the last few days and I wasn't even the OP.
Cricketm
Original Author
15 years ago
Ravencajun.. I am totally confused. I downloaded JavaRa1.11, but it as saved as RegCur.... is it the same one? As you can tell I am still learning. Thank so much for any input.

I did scan my computer with RegCur.... I hope I did the right thing.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
no RegCur is not at all the same as javara, did you click on the link I provided? it gives links to javara.zip which is the download for javara I went and checked each of the download mirrors on the site I provided and none of those lead to RegCure they all lead directly to javara.zip. I have no idea where you would have got regcur??

Regcur is NOT something you want in fact if you go to their website it is RED listed by both WOT and McAfee site advisor. You want to go to add remove and remove that from your pc.

I never ever advise using any type of registry cleaners.

the link I will provide below should open up a direct download for the javara.zip, this is a zipped file just save it and the choose to unzip then run the program.
How Do I Unzip a File in Windows XP?

Here is a link that might be useful: javara zip direct download
Cricketm
Original Author
15 years ago
I clicked: JavaRa 1.11. That is where I found RegCur. I removed RegCur.... and going to take a break.... I am totally confused. I don't know how I got RegCur either. Whew that was not good at all.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
All of the javara links go to javara.zip I checked each one on that site, I actually clicked to get the download on each mirror and each one was javara.zip.

No idea where RegCur came from.

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