When you uninstall software via Windows’s Uninstall a Program Control Panel applet you often end up with program traces on the hard drive or the Registry. The leftovers are often files that are generated by the application after the initial program installation (and therefor not part of the uninstallation routine). A weakness of the default [...]

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SlimCleaner is a PC maintenance software that offers access to several maintenance related tools. The program is currently offered as a beta version, with PC cleanup and optimization modules, a software uninstaller, file shredder and HiJack This log generator. The cleaner resembles the popular program CCleaner. It dividedes the data that can be cleaned into [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The uninstaller that ships with Windows is slow and lacks functionality. You have to enter your control panel, click on add or remove programs and a new window with most installed programs pops up. Information in that window are scarce – only the program name and the size of the installation is displayed. You do not see the directory the software is installed, the registry keys it is using or the name of the company that developed the software.

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