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(未完成)几个软件的使用说明:Unlnstall Manager/CleanUp/Butler/PhoneTech....
UnInstall Manager和CleanUp都是同一家的作品( http://www.northglide.com/products.html),在使用上也是相辅相成的.
Uninstall主要是用来在必要的时候彻底删除装在机器中的程序
CleanUp可以进一步来清除软件安装或使用中在配置文件中留下的记录
现在没有足够的时间写中文的说明文件,先转载一下原网站上的说明 引用:Cleanup – Quick Start Guide This Quick Start Guide is designed to help you getting started with Uninstall Manager's companion product (part of the NeatFreak Pack), Cleanup.
Overview
Cleanup helps you analyze and safely clean your device from old leftovers, or as some would call it, junk.
Cleanup is using the term "items" to refer to Files and Preferences.
What are these then?
Files
You are probably already familiar with the term Files, or you at least you should be since files hold all of information you work with on your device.
Each application you install (or installed, for that matter) to your device is composed out of files.
Even the application itself (the program you can launch and use via its icon) is a file.
In the Palm OS world (the operating system that takes charge of your handheld or Smartphone) these files are called "Databases" since they are built up out of records containing different information.
Let's say we are talking about a game: The game's level packs or music could be inside different files than the game itself. In case of an accounting program; each individual account can be a different file, etc'.
Preferences
An application saves little bits of information so that once you close it, it won't "forget" this information the next time you want to use it. Applications, in a sense, could use their own files to store this data, but the Palm OS has a special feature and place which allows applications to save and retrieve little bits of information fast. This special place is called Preferences Files.
- There are two files of this sort on a Palm OS based device: Saved Preferences and Unsaved Preferences.
For this tutorial we are assuming there is one file to store these preferences and in real life it doesn't really matter which is which (as a side note, it really doesn't matter and there should have been only one file, but for some obscure system design decision, there are two). So, where's the problem?
Ok, this is how it works: When applications save/create new files and preferences on your device they have to "tag" them with a special value. This special value is known as the Creator ID. Each and every application on your device has to have a unique Creator ID. When the time comes and you want to delete, let's say, a game you broke all of your records, again and again; you are essentially telling the Palm OS: "please delete Boring_Game".
Remember the Creator ID? When the Palm OS receives the command that one of the installed applications is "going down", it knows which of all files and preferences on your device belong to that application by looking at the unique application Creator ID and comparing it to all other items on your device.
When it finds an item that is tagged with that unique Creator ID, the item gets the "polite escort out".
Uninvited Guests
In every party there are always a few uninvited guests, but for some reason they are the ones who are the hardest to get rid of (not really, but it's a good assumption for the sake of this tutorial).
In the Palm OS world these "guests" are called: unassociated items.
These items are saved to your device with a Creator ID that does not match any application on your device.
When you delete application X that created item Y, and X's Creator ID is different than Y's Creator IDs; the Palm OS will ignore Y keeping it on your device (this frequent "phenomena" happens from all sorts of reasons. This is not the time nor the place to go into details, let's just say that it happens, and quite a bit more than it should. click here for more)
Cleanup will help you get rid of these uninvited guests and will make some more room for...well, for more uninvited guests. But, the next time these uninvited guests appear, Uninstall Manager will make sure to "tag" them before they enter the door and kick 'em out when they are just about ready to leave.
So how do you actually work with Cleanup?
When you first launch Cleanup, it will list all items (files or preferences: depending on the selected view; see the manual for information on how to switch between views) that do not share a Creator ID with one of the installed applications.
Unassociated items, or "uninvited guests" are divided into two different groups:
- Orphans: Items saved by long-forgotten Trialware software you once tried and decided to delete.
- Items that are needed on your device that simply do not have an associated application. These items are not truly "uninvited guests", but more of part of the security force to keep the other guests from "tearing the place down".
As you might expect, you want to get rid of the orphans, but leave the other ones in place.

Figure 1 : Cleanup Files List
* The explanation here will focus on the Files view, but it is exactly the same when it comes down to Preferences.
So how do I know if the file belong to the security forces (needed) or is an uninvited guest (unneeded)?
Cleanup has a few tricks up its sleeve that help you determine which are which.
First things first, the "Colour Coding"
As you can see, the items in the list above follow a blue dot, .
What this means is that the items were not monitored by Uninstall Manager when created or listed in the Signature File.
Items monitored by Uninstall Manager (Green dot, ).
Items marked with the green colour were monitored by Uninstall Manager. This means that these items will be removed from your device when you uninstall (using Uninstall Manager) the application that created them. In most cases, you can ignore green coloured items or add them to the Safe List since Uninstall Manager is responsible to delete them when the time comes.
Items listed in the Signature File (Orange dot, ).
Items marked with the orange colour are items listed in the Signature File. When you select one of these items and then select the Details button, you will see information concerning the item from the Signature File. Sometimes, it will show that item belongs to the operating system itself (will be marked "Palm OS", or "Sony", etc), other times you will see the item belongs to a game you no longer have. Based on the information found in the Signature File you can decide whether to delete or keep a certain item.
So, the first thing you should do in order to find out more about suspicious items is to download and install the latest Signature File.- The Signature File is a growing collection of known "hidden" Creator IDs that certain applications use to save their data and of other system components that are not associated with a single application (for instance, the Graffiti Library which is needed by all applications).
For the time being, let's say you haven't installed the Signature File as of yet.
For this example, we have selected a file called: "Bad File" (very suspicious name, indeed) and to find out more, we selected the Details button:

Figure 2 : Details Dialog
The Details Dialog displays all the information it can find concerning the selected item: Its Creator ID (the Creator ID that Cleanup couldn't find any application that shares the same one), the Type (this is the Palm OS database type attribute which can be ignored if it doesn't mean a lot to you), the Signature Field which currently shows "Please install the latest Signature File" and the Monitored field that shows "N/A" - Not Available (which means that Uninstall Manager was not there to monitor this file upon creation)
So what can you tell me about this "Bad File" file then?
I can tell you that "Bad File" was saved under the Creator ID: bAdF and has the Type ID of: data.
Well, that's not very helpful now, is it? No, it is definitely does not help us determine if "Bad File" (despite its very obvious name in this example) is needed (a system file) or not (a piece of an old game you no longer have).
After installing the Signature File, selecting "Bad File" and Details again, you might see:

Figure 3 : Details Dialog with the Signature File installed and "Bad File" recognized.
After installing the Signature File it's pretty reasonable to think that the file is not needed and can be safely deleted (hey, it's spelled: "This file is bad", that's the most obvious the Signature File is ever going to be).
Sometimes you will see in this field something similar to: "Crazy Rocket-Fire-Backgammon" which you might remember installing and getting rid of after 3 minutes of intensive gaming. In this case you will also want to delete it since it is not needed on your device anymore (its parent application, the Crazy Rocket game, has been deleted but for one reason or another, some of its files were left behind).
What if "Bad File" is not listed in the Signature File and all I see is N/A on the Signature Field?
- Note: You should occasionally check to see if the Signature File has been updated and it might recognize "Bad File".
You can also sign up for receiving update notifications to your email. For these kind of events, Cleanup's answer is the Search function:
The Search process/function will go over each and every application on your device (main memory and selected directories on the expansion card) and will try to see if the item you're looking at belongs to one of them or not.
The Search process is by no means foolproof, but it can help you be more or less certain if the item you're examining is needed or not.
When you select the Search button, you will see the following dialog which allows you to set the process' settings and select directories on the expansion card (directories that contain applications)

Figure 4 : Search Dialog
Select the Search... button from the Search Dialog to start the process.
Once the process is complete and all of the applications have been searched (in the main memory and the expansion card) you will see the following dialog (with different results):

Figure 5 : Results Dialog
To sum up this dialog without drowning in technical details, it would be suffice to say that the greater the number you see on the list is, the greater the likelihood that the application that is listed on the same line as the number, is the one responsible for creating it (which means that the item is still needed since its parent application is still installed).
By using the information from the Results page, you can reach a conclusion regarding that item (see the user manual for more); whether to keep it or to delete it.
Ok, I got pretty much confused from all this colours and functions...when it comes down to getting the job done, what can I safely delete?
Everything. That’s right; everything as long as you use the Backup option and you are making sure that the file is backed-up to the expansion card.
If one of your application loses its settings, your game loses the high score table (god forbid!) or anything just doesn't work in the same way it used to; you can always revert back by switching to the Backed-up files (or Backed-up preferences) view and restore backed-up items to the main memory.

Figure 5 : Selecting the Backup checkbox when deleting items
- Note: Sometimes the file you are about to restore was re-created in the main memory again.
You need to switch back to the Files view, select it for deletion and uncheck "Backup" check box; you will then be able to restore the original copy back to the main memory. When should I delete the Backed-up items?
After you worked with your device for a while (can vary in time...) and checked that everything works as good as it should.
More
For more information as technical details please see the user manual and FAQ. 引用:Cleanup - How to useOverview
Cleanup lists, examine and lets you delete items in the RAM that are not associated with any one application on your device; items that DO NOT share a Creator ID with one of the installed applications.
Why do I need Cleanup?
When you launch applications, from the built-in memory or the Expansion Card, they save data (files and settings) onto your device. This data is used by the application when active, and normally, will be deleted when you delete the application itself.
Each and every application on your device has to have a unique Creator ID which has to be registered with Palm.
Applications, in general, use their Creator ID to tag the data they save. When you choose to delete an application via the normal delete function (or using a 3rd party launcher); the system knows which files and preferences it needs to delete by comparing them to the application's Creator ID.
To sum it all up: The Creator ID uniquely identifies each application including its files and settings.
However, some applications save (hide) items under a different Creator ID than their own; these items will remain on your device, occupying your precious handheld memory for good.
Leftover files and preferences survive hard-resets; the HotSync Manager restores them one by one to your device.
Use Cleanup to get rid of them once and for all, use Uninstall Manager to ensure that newly installed applications will be completely removed when they are no longer needed.
[Further Reading...]
How To Use
As mentioned above; Cleanup lists items in the RAM that are not associated with any one application on your device.

View Selector - Select the desired view:
- Saved Preferences/Unsaved Preferences
List of records in the corresponding Preferences Database that are not associated with any application in the RAM or the expansion card.
- Files
Select this view to list all available Memory Cards; the RAM (Main Memory Card) and the expansion card.
Under the Files View select Palm to list files in the RAM that are not associated with any application on your device.
You can also select the expansion card by tapping its label to browse and delete files and directories. List Items
- Items in the list can be orphans, saved in the RAM by long-forgotten Trialware software you once tried and decided to delete, or items that are needed on your device that simply do not have an associated application.
Before adding an item to the list, Cleanup tries to locate an application (in the RAM or the expansion card) that has the same Creator ID.
If a matching application is not found, the item is added to the list. Then, Cleanup looks for the item in Uninstall Manager's database to see if it was monitored.
If the item could not be found in the database, Cleanup looks for the item's description in the Signature File.
List Legend (Tap the Menu item >> Help >> Legend)
Items monitored by Uninstall Manager (or Uninstall Hack) and are listed underneath one of the applications in its monitored items database file. Monitored items will be deleted when you uninstall their parent application.
Items listed in the Signature File.
Select one of these items and tap Details to see the item's description in the Signature File.
Items not monitored by Uninstall Manager and are not listed in the Signature File.
See FAQ for more
List Options
Delete
Delete selected items (Select items by tapping the bullet , or on the left of each item) off your device.

Backup
When deleting items, the Backup option guarantees you will never lose important information; since deleted items can ALWAYS be restored.
- Previously backed-up files and preferences are accessible via the View Selector.
- When viewing Backed-Up Preferences or Backed-Up Files, you can restore them by selecting the desired item and tapping Restore.
Note: Backing up files requires a device with an expansion card slot and a card (MemoryStick, SD, etc) with enough free space to copy the file.
Details
Select an item from the list an tap Details to see more information and access advanced features.

Details Dialog - Information
- Creator
The Creator ID the selected item was saved under.
This Creator ID was not found to belong to any application on your device. - Type
For a preferences resource, the Type field will show: Preferences, for a database file it will list the file's Type Attribute. - Signature
If available, this field shows the item's description from the Signature File. - Monitored
If the item was monitored by Uninstall Manager (or Uninstall Hack), this field will show the application that saved it. Tap the Signature and Monitored fields to display the complete text.
Details Dialog - Options
Search
The Search function will help you discover if the item was intentionally saved under a different Creator ID by one of the installed applications.

Please Note: For new applications, use Uninstall Manager.
Uninstall Manager makes sure that newly installed applications will be completely removed when they are no longer needed.
Search Options
Speed
Normal, Fast and Faster: Set how many bytes should be skipped when reading an application's code resource to find the Creator ID value: 1 to 4.
There is not a good reason to change the search speed to a different value other than Normal.
Search ROM
Search ROM (Read Only Memory) databases.
Search Card
Search for the Creator ID in applications on the expansion card.
- Cleanup will search the default directory (usually Palm/Launcher).
- If you're using a 3rd party launcher or an application such as PowerRUN to move applications to custom directories on the expansion card, select the [+] button, navigate to the directory you want to include and tap Add in the subsequent dialog. To remove directories select the directory from the list and tap the [-] button (v3.40b and up).
Search Process
Cleanup opens each and every application, then, it searches for the selected item byte value (Creator ID) in its code resources.
Cleanup reads the database "byte by byte" to find the searched value.
When Cleanup finds the value within an application, it will be added to the results page.
Results Page

[Number of times] Application Name [Application Creator ID]
In the results page, Cleanup lists the number of times the searched value has been found next to the application.
The greater the number is, the more likely the item belongs to that application.
- Export Memo
Save the results into a Memo Pad record. - Warning
Even if the Creator ID was found in one of the installed applications, it is not possible to conclude it belongs to that application.
When deleting items, always use the Backup option. Then, you can run one of the suspect applications (one of the applications listed on the Results Page), and let Uninstall Manager monitor it. When you are certain you know to which application the item belongs to, you can restore the backed-up item.
The Search Process is not accurate, but it provides the best way to associate unknown items with installed applications. Safe List
Move the selected item's Creator ID to the Safe List. The Safe List is accessible via the Menu item My Safe List
By moving Creator IDs to the Safe List, you can concentrate on the unknown items, the ones you're not sure if you need or not: Cleanup will not list items saved under a Creator ID that appears in the Safe List.
- When moving items to the Safe List, you can write a short description to go with each item. The description is visible when browsing the Safe List.
- You can remove items from the Safe List and make them visible again.
Advanced Users
The following information is intended for advanced users only, and is not required to properly operate the software.
Menu
Settings
Change the program's settings

- Show All Items
List all item, not just unassociated ones.
- Group Prefs. by Creator ID
When this option is selected and viewing Saved and Unsaved Preferences; multiple records saved under the same Creator ID will be displayed in groups (the size shown will also be the accumulative size of all records). Groups in the list are marked with "(G)" following the Creator ID.
- Check items with
- Uninstall Manager
Check if the item was monitored by Uninstall manager (or Uninstall Hack). - Signature File
Check if the item is listed in the Signature File
- Sort
- Sort Preferences
By default, the Preferences are listed according to their order in the Saved or Unsaved Preferences database file (new records are at the bottom of the list); Select this option to enable sorting in the Saved and Unsaved Preferences views. - Name: Sort list items by name
- Size: Sort by size.
- Found in: Sort according to the location the item was found in (Uninstall Manager's database file and items found in the Signature File).
Application Types
Define types that determine if a specific file is an application: A database file creates other databases and saves preferences.
Cleanup tries to locate an application database for every item on your device before adding it to the list.
Normally, you don't need to modify this list, but if you want to hide certain files from Cleanup, you can add the files' type attribute to the Application Types list.
Signature File
The Signature File is a growing collection of known 'hidden' Creator IDs that certain applications use to save their data and of other system components that are not associated with a single application (for instance, the Graffiti Library which is needed by all applications).

Example: The Signature field shows that the selected item (a Saved Preferences record with Creator ID: tsml) belongs to the Palm OS; and in this case, the item is needed on your device and should not be deleted. On other occasions, you may see that the item belongs to an old game you didn't like, a Time Management application you once tried, etc.
Help expanding the Signature File:
When you discover (using Uninstall Manager/Hack or a different method) that one of the installed applications saved hidden items on your device, or identified a system file that gets listed by Cleanup; please use the following form to send its details and it will be added to the next Signature File release.
The Signature File will expand every update, adding more hidden Creator IDs that can be easily identified.
Download the latest Signature File.
Basic Definitions
- Preferences: Relatively small pieces of data programs save that later can be easily accessed when needed (much like the Windows® registry). Palm OS programs use preferences to quickly store and retrieve their settings at a later time.
There are two Preferences Databases on your device used to store these records of data:
Saved Preferences : This database is backed-up to the Desktop computer and will be restored to your device after a Hard Reset.
Unsaved Preferences : This database is not backed-up and will not be restored.
Although the preferences applications save are usually small in size; if you have many preferences records left by old applications (usually remnants from Trialware software that were not completely deleted) it can considerably slow down your Palm Powered handheld. - Database Files: Applications, documents, pictures, music, alarms, etc.
- RAM: The Main Memory. When you run applications, they save their data (files and preferences) in the RAM.
- Creator ID: All items that are saved onto your device by installed applications include a reference (identifier) to the application that created them: Creator ID.
- Items: Database Files and Preferences.
ALWAYS backup files and preferences before deleting them.
If one of your applications loses its settings, you can always restore it back to the way it was.
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