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Re: Remove "MY WAY SEARCH ASSISTANT"

 
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Jul 6th, 2005
In case anyone else stumbles upon the My Way Search Assistant in Add/Remove Programs without an uninstall button, and finds this thread, here's some more info on removing...

The folder (on my pc at least) for Dell's My Way Search Assistant was:
C:\Program Files\MyWaySA

The *.msi associated with the program was:
C:\Windows\Installer\62e8.msi

By right-clicking the 62e8.msi and choosing "uninstall", you can remove the My Way Search Assistant. After a couple of hours of searching and spyware scanning with various programs, this has been the only step that successfully removed the software. Verify that C:\Windows\Installer\62e8.msi is the right file by right-clicking it, going to properties, and looking at the info on the "Summary" tab.

In answer to Deeja's question, yes the two softwares are different (Dell's My Way SA and the "3rd Party" My Way SA), but the Dell version still collects data about you (see Dell's Privacy Policy for more info). They claim the info is anonymous, however who likes the idea of anyone tracking their computer experience? It is sad when such a large corporation like Dell, who has their hands in millions of homes with various software/hardware solutions, would do something as shady as put a "search bar/spyware" equivalent preinstalled on their PCs forbidding even experienced users from removing it. Don't they know they're supposed to leave the "shady dealings" up to M$? :cheesy: