Is there a way to see which applications need these plugins?

I REALly don't like REAL, but that's not to say that I won't keep these plugins if they are absolutely criticle. Off the top of my head I cannot think of why I might have (knowingly) installed these.

I think I know how to view all of the .dll's that a process calls, but I don't know how to see what process calls the .dll's, especially since they are not running. It is likely that I have uninstalled whatever uses these plugins. I want to delete them, but do not want to get blindsided a few minutes/hours/days/weeks/months later when suddenly the computer blows up.

I will attempt a search on the internet, but also am curious...is there no way your computer can tell you what program calls .dll's? I am thinking the answer is no, but it never hurts to ask...

- HandsOff

 

Hi, thanks for the imput, and I think you may be right. I found some old posts from people who had to install them in order to view SVG within opera. I am pretty sure IE uses the adobe 3 plugins, so it may be they were installed with Firefox. I will check it out

-HandsOff

 

HandsOff - if you don't already have it, try Kevin Solway's CleanSystemDirectory (http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/#clnsys).

This program scans for unused .dlls and can move them to a backup folder prior to final deletion. This may or may not help with what you're looking for.