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Question

How can I tell when an application was last executed?

Aug 19, 2011 7:27AM PDT

In Windows XP, the Add/Remove feature is notoriously wrong when it comes to the date a program was last used. The hard drive on one of our office PCs is almost full. Defragmenting takes forever and doesn't help very much. I want to remove software the former user (who no longer works for us) seldom or never used. HELP!

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That's a difficult one
Aug 19, 2011 7:32AM PDT

There is the "Event Viewer" but that's not really a database. You could try any MRU lists, if you haven't disabled them on these work machines, but personally I would have used Add/Remove myself.

Are you saying that users can install software themselves?

Why not reinstall XP? That way the next user gets a fresh OS.

Mark

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Why not just delete the software that
Aug 19, 2011 8:55AM PDT

you do not use. If you are not the user, then find the user and ask them what they use.