Two many programs and features

Hello, I'm fairly new to the computer world, and unsure if I'm even in the right place. Experience tells me probably not, but I'm sure someone will let me know. I have a dozen different
microsoft versions dating back to 3/12 version 3.10000 in my program and features. My question is this do I need all these programs?. Also, I bought my lap top (hp pavilion g7-2111nr Notebook PC) December 2012 used, I was told it was not even
a year old, and I see folders and files dating back to 2008, a whole lot of them, I've no clue what or why there there, it seems if I don't know, and I didn't put them there, that there just using space. And (app data) there are 100s or 1000s of old emails,type
d files and much more. Does any one have any suggestions on what I should be doing? or maybe direct me somewhere to find out..PLEZZZZ for some reason this is bugging the hell out of me THANKS

Hi,
Sometimes applications don't register their uninstall routines correctly with Windows and there can be numerous reasons why a search for the installed item fails. A good utility for seeing exactly what is installed on your PC is the free version of Revo Uninstaller.
Download and install Revo Uninstaller from the link below.
http://www.revouninstaller.com/download-freeware-version.php
Run revo and use it to view all your installed software. Right click on the icon of the program you wish to remove and select Uninstall. This will initially launch the applications own uninstaller ( which may or may not fail ) but continue with the rest of the process. During the process you may be asked to delete registry entries, just select all and then click delete. Do the same for any left over files and folders. Once the uninstall has completed, reboot the PC.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes,
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