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rich
15-01-2006, 07:09 PM
Hi all can you help me old dad, 77 yrs

He has a dell xp computer with aol on it.

he just can't get on with it.. & nor can i, we just can't get to his photos.
They dont' come up on a search .

And i can't find them on aol as well.
:banghead:

is it possible to fully rem aol from his using add /rem?
and then to go to another isp

Thanks, rich
Pugi
15-01-2006, 07:14 PM
Used a CP with AOL once when I was in the states. Utterly useless and full of pop up flashing things everywhere. Completely disorganised.
Uninstall and try again.
I know I'm not being helpful, but people really need to be warned.
slob
15-01-2006, 08:40 PM
I've come across this before but a few versions ago. If nothing's changed, there is no way to remove it through Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs, however if you look in the installation directory, open "my computer" and navigate to C:\Program Files\AOLx\ or similar, you will find something like
unistall.exe or remove.exe among the files there(you may not see ".exe" on the end, depending on your computer's settings) just double click that and follow the on-screen prompts.
HTIOH
rich
15-01-2006, 08:46 PM
Ok Thanks you all , but i need to find the photos he has received by email
does any body know where they are hiding ?

rich
bod
15-01-2006, 09:00 PM
Hmm I have AOL and have just lost my Mobile bill via email,looked in recently deleted email and still not there,only got the email 20mins ago?

And yes ive looked around the back of the PC and under the keyboard:chuckle:
slob
15-01-2006, 09:01 PM
Ok Thanks you all , but i need to find the photos he has received by email
does any body know where they are hiding ?

rich
Again if nothing's changed it asks you whether you want to keep existing stuff during the uninstall.
Open My Computer or Windows Explorer, from the Tools menu, choose options, click on the View Tab and untick hide file extensions for known file types and click OK. Now search C:\ for *.jpg this should show you the location of the most commonly used graphics format files, one of these folders will quite obviously be AOL user data... just copy those files to somewhere else before uninstalling AOL.