The opposing view suggests that the record industry brought it on themselves by charging prices that are simply too high. So, he says, the packaging of CDs is justified. Even so, with the possibility of Napster being shut down shortly, millions of music lovers are using the service to download music for free. I wonder how many of these people would buy a TV from a shady character out of the back of a truck. Your word processor, spreadsheet and music players are all applications.
Many applications have their own uninstall utilities.
If that application has an Uninstall utility, you'll probably find it there. If not, you might try to insert the original CD from the application to run the setup utility. Many setup utilities allow you to install, change configurations, or uninstall the application. This will remove all formatting at one time.