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Have you ever had to <b>re-install</b> an entire application to fix a problem? Have you ever tried to remove an application and found out later that some of it's components <b>still exist</b> on your hard drive? Have you ever looked at a file on your hard drive and wondered which applications rely on it? Have you ever installed an application, only to find out another application <b>no longer works</b>? After that, were you hesitant to install another software package because you were nervous about what it would do to your computer? Have you ever wiped out your <b>entire</b> operating system and re-installed it because it got slower and slower as time went on?  <p>If you can identify with any of these problems, you are <b>not alone</b>. Managing applications is a huge headache for nearly every computer user, and is getting larger as applications grow in size and complexity. Installing an application such as an office suite can add <b>thousands</b> of new files to your system. Currently there is no way to manage these files. There is no way to:  <ul> <li> determine which applications rely on a certain file </li> <li> determine which components make up a certain application </li> <li> determine which components are no longer used </li> </ul> This situation creates five real world problems:  <ul> <li> applications cannot be removed from your system without relying on a third party utility (like CleanSweep or Uninstaller) or with an uninstall program packaged with the application or operating system. Your mileage will vary. </li> <li> application problems cannot be easily diagnosed. </li> <li> installing a new application can break other applications by overwriting existing files. Problems may not be discovered until much later, making troubleshooting very difficult. </li> <li> applications cannot be easily moved from one system to another. </li> <li> as applications are installed and deleted, unused components accumulate and reduce system performance. This phenomenon has been referred to OS Drift* </li> </ul>  * a term first seen in a Ziff-Davis magazine, probably PC Week or PC Magazine  <p>The personal computer industry is stuck with these problems because the internal structure of applications is unknown. When you install an application, you don't know what the install routine is doing to your system. If the setup program needs to overwrite a file, you <b>may</b> get to choose whether to proceed or not. How do you make that decision? Of the thousands of files on your computer, how do you know if the file the install program wants to overwrite belongs to an application that you need? Currently, there is no way to know, short of pulling out the vendor's documentation on every single application and <b>hoping</b> this information is provided.  <p>Windows Package Management (WPM) views an application as a single entity, or package, and allows applications to be managed as such. The Application Structure Modeling Standard (ASMS) is the component of WPM which documents the structure of an application. It identifies the files and settings that make up an application. This information is provided in a text file that can be read by any program. WPM allows for management throughout the entire life of an application - installation, troubleshooting and removal. WPM is based on a free and open standard, available for anyone to use without payment of royalties or any other fees.  <p>Windows Package Mangement only exists today as an 'early beta'. It needs <b>your</b> help to come to fruition. Please look it over and provide your feedback, no matter what your experience level is. WPM depends on support from the user community in order to be successful. Please send your feedback and tell someone about WPM <b>today</b>!</td> </tr> </table></center> <p>question or comments to <a href="MAILTO:unrau@mbnet.mb.ca">unrau@mbnet.mb.ca</a> <br><font size=+0>Copyright © 1999 Allen Unrau</font> <br><font size=+0>v1.2: Last modified 2/1/99</font> <br> <a href="http://nedstat.tripod.com/bin/viewstat?name=AllenU-1"><img src="http://nedstat.tripod.com/bin/nedstat.gif?name=AllenU-1" border=0 alt="Nedstat Counter" width=22 height=22></a>