The standard uninstall a program control panel applet in Windows is not really suited for uninstalling software completely from the computer system. Why? Because it solely relies on the uninstallation software which more often than not misses files, folders and Registry settings. Microsoft has not really changed that control panel a lot, there are barely [...]

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Comodo Programs Manager replicates and extends the functionality of the Windows Uninstall A Program Control Panel applet. The free software application offers several maintenance related tasks, including uninstallation of programs, drivers, services, Windows features and updates. The interface displays the maintenance tasks on the left sidebar. Selecting an entry displays its contents in the main [...]

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The remove programs module in the Windows Control Panel offers basic means to uninstall software in Windows. The tool is severely limited which becomes obvious when problems are encountered. Every Windows user will likely experience situations where software cannot be removed using the standard remove programs module. The uninstallation simply stops or does not start [...]

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It is sometimes not possible to remove all device drivers and Registry settings for a device in the Windows operating system. So called leftovers can cause a series of problems from slow boot times to performance and stability issues. Trying to cleanup the device drivers manually is a complicated long winded process as it does [...]

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Software programs that get installed on the computer system can be uninstalled using the supplied uninstaller or by simply deleting the program folder of the application. Doing the latter will keep traces of the software program on the computer, for example in the uninstall programs dialog and the Windows Registry. Uninstall Cleaner is a uninstall [...]

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A new version of Revo Uninstaller was just released and I thought it would be nice to inspect the new version since my last review dates a while back. Several new features have been implemented into this new version including improvements in the Advanced Uninstall Mode, interface improvements and safety improvements for the Uninstall Safe [...]

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A new version of Revo Uninstaller was released this week and I decided to install it again to check on the progress of the application. Revo Uninstaller is a program uninstaller that has several interesting features that I mentioned only briefly in my last article which was published a while ago. It’s main task is a replacement for the Windows uninstaller which is slow and careless when it comes to uninstalling applications.

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I think we can all agree that the default way of removing software in Windows is probably the worst way possible. It takes ages until the Add or Remove Programs window populates the entries and removing entries is painfully slow and sometimes not working as well. I have been using MyUninstaller until now which is faster and comes with some comfort like removing entries from the list of installed programs and details about the software that has been installed.

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I was always puzzled by the fact that uninstallers would not delete all data, folders and files created by an installation script but would leave traces of that program on the system. What sense does it make to keep registry settings, config files or empty folders on the system if the user opts to remove the software ?

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