Deleting third party app from System Preferences

I transferred my user files and apps from my old laptop (running Tiger) to my new laptop (running Leopard). Trouble is that I have this old System Pref called "SwitchPic" that I'd like to trash, but I can't seem to find the files in order to trash the app. It's showing up in my System Preferences window, but no files seem to exist on the hard drive. When I tried to find the developer of the software, the link was broken. Any ideas on how to uninstall this app? Thanks!

Yes. Thanks. I found it after I posted my message. I'm still getting used to the search options in Leopard. I had conducted a search for the application, but didn't find anything at first because I had the wrong button clicked on the search window.
The preference pane is gone now.

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