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A "General Purpose" un-installer...?

Postby Fozzer » Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:02 am

Hello, Lads and Lasses...!

...another little query* for you.!

Normally, when you install a program, it generally defaults to "Program Files" on your main hard drive, "C" Drive....
This allows you to be able to detect it with "Add/Remove Programs" un-installer, in the Control Panel Folder, if the program does not come with its own un-Installer program either in the program folder, or on the program CD......
Now....
What happens when you direct the program to be installed on a Drive or partition other than your "C "Drive, and it doesn't come with its own un-installer...?
It is not possible to direct  "Add/Remove Programs" to point to a location other than "Program Files" on the main "C" Drive...!!
...and without a proper un-install, ie, Delete, files will be left in the System Registry.

....any ideas of an Un-installer program "out there" which will perform that function**....!

Many thanks...!

Paul.

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Re: A "General Purpose" un-installer...?

Postby Mehdi » Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:32 am

Hi Paul!

Try out Ashampoo Uninstaller. Google it and download a trial version... then kiss goodbye all your troubles with non-uninstalling programs... ;D... :D...!

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Re: A "General Purpose" un-installer...?

Postby WebbPA » Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:56 am

I have heard good things about Ashampoo but I have never used it.  I have used Total Uninstall for years without problems.  Version 2 is still free.  http://www.martau.com/
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Re: A "General Purpose" un-installer...?

Postby the_autopilot » Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:11 pm

I've never had to use a program which did not come with an uninstaller.

I know that you can remove programs with add/remove on all partitions and hard drives provided they were installed on the same OS (i.e. a win98 OS can't uninstall a program on an XP OS hard drive.)
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Re: A "General Purpose" un-installer...?

Postby WebbPA » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:30 pm

Most programs come with uninstallers but most uninstallers are wholly inadequate at cleaning up their registry entries and many ignore the changes/additions they make to system files.
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Re: A "General Purpose" un-installer...?

Postby the_autopilot » Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:23 pm

Very true.

However, I rarely install something thats so bad that I need to uninstall it. Everythig I install is something I plan to use and probably won't uninstall.

Plus, I reinstall windows every 6 months just to clean my hd. (Thats also how I deframent my hd...)
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