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Uninstalling Skype, possible leftover?

Hi guys,

Quick one here: I decided to get rid of Skype and switch to another service. I've uninstalled Skype (bear in mind I'm an ex-PC user...) by dragging its icon to the trash and performing a Finder search for "Skype", including system files, deleted all related stuff. However, a "config.xml" file still shows up when I do the search. I can't remove it, nor open its containing folder, nothing at all... Seems like a corrupt file...

Looks like a bug? I would really like to get rid of it, as it seems to be Skype related, but as I can do nothing with it, I can't be sure.

Please refer to the screen captures.

Many thanks!

MacBook Air

Posted on Mar 5, 2013 12:55 PM

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Kappy

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Mar 5, 2013 1:39 PM in response to YEFAYEFA

Please respond to my earlier query about the name of the folder and path of the folder in which this file is located.

I suggest you can try removing it, but I don't want to tell you what to try until we can determine whether this file is necessary for something other than Skype.

YEFAYEFA Author

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Mar 5, 2013 1:43 PM in response to Kappy

I did. I said that location within Finder's title is simply "Searching in this Mac". Regarding the path where the file is located, I can't know it either as when I click on open file's folder, nothing happens.

YEFAYEFA Author

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Mar 5, 2013 1:44 PM in response to Eric Root

Not yet. To be honest I hate bloating my Mac, PC, iPhone, whatever with tons of different applications. I will give it a go later on if nothing points me on the right direction.

YEFAYEFA Author

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Mar 5, 2013 2:36 PM in response to YEFAYEFA

OK. So I just performed a search with EasyFind for "Skype" and all I got was:

"Skype_2013-03-05-131101_MacBook-Air-de-YEFA.hang"

I don't know what this is, can it be deleted? It's within the Logs folder, so I believe it would be no problem, but it would be great if somebody could confirm.

Regarding the other "config.xml", I am either doing it wrong, or it's not coming up (the only config.xml file found belongs to Flash Player, not Skype)

mende1

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Mar 5, 2013 2:37 PM in response to YEFAYEFA

You can delete the first file without any problem because it's a log file that you don't need. Now, the config.xml file is a Flash Player file, so you shouldn't delete it because that file isn't related with Skype

YEFAYEFA Author

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Mar 5, 2013 2:42 PM in response to mende1

Cool, thanks!

How about the config.xml file? It shows up in Finder, but EasyFind does not seem to find it, or I could be doing somehting wrong...

YEFAYEFA Author

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Mar 6, 2013 9:59 AM in response to YEFAYEFA

Anyone?

Eric Root

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Mar 6, 2013 10:55 AM in response to Eric Root

Reread Mende1's answer. The config.xml file is a Flash Player file.

YEFAYEFA Author

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Mar 6, 2013 11:03 AM in response to Eric Root

I'm afraid it's not. Totally different sizes and last modified - accessed dates. Please refer to screen captures.

YEFAYEFA Author

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Mar 7, 2013 4:59 AM in response to YEFAYEFA

To add information as it seems like confusion is being generated. Config.xml file found by EasyFind is 146 bytes and is actually called "FPSAUConfig.xml", while the one that Finder is showing me is 7KB and is called "config.xml" so we're not talking about the same file. Finder shows me something, EasyFind something different...

I'm clear about the Flash file, I just want to know what is the 7KB file found by Finder, as I can't do ANYTHING with it.

Thanks all 🙂

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