> Have your documents been orphaned by the untimely loss of their
> parent applications? A program from Tuesday Software can help you
> track down the leftover files floating around your hard disk and
> evict them or put them up for adoption.
>
> Orphan Finder, available now at $69.95, scans disks and makes a list
> of documents, preference files, dictionaries and temporary files
> created by applications, system extensions, control panels and desk
> accessories no longer installed. When it finds an orphan, it lets
> the user either delete the file or select another application to
> adopt it, changing the creator code.
>
> The program can be run in batch mode on a network or interactively
> on a single Mac. In network mode, it can run at a preset time and
> date. Administrators can also see lists of unapproved files.
>
> ?I evaluate a lot of programs, and they create a lot of preferences
> and other files,? said Alex Andreatta, senior research scientist and
> network manager at Uniax Corp., an engineering research company
> here. ?Orphan Finder is very good at pointing out [orphaned
> documents] and letting you choose whether to delete them or not.?
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