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Subject:	Re: query of installed apps on remote Winows
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On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 12:00:49PM +0100, Dave wrote:
>>Is this something that might be supported by existing cygwin tools?
>
>Personally, I'd leave installing/uninstalling of non-cygwin apps to 
>windows. Can you imagine the queries coming to this list?
> - I couldn't uninstall notepad!
> - Executing random uninstaller broke my system! Why did cygwin allow that?

Shudder.  Excellent points.

cgf

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