Which is the best tool for uninstalling programs?

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  1. bellgamin

    bellgamin Registered Member

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    For the free version, the answer is Yes -- if you have your computer set so as not to allow setup to start automatically. For the paid version -- I haven't trialed it as yet.
     
  2. tiluid

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    I have a question about Total Uninstall 2.

    So, it will work only for programs that were installed after TU installation.

    What about all these programs that I have installed before I get TU installed?

    May be I have to install them again and let TU monitor these pocesses?!?!
     
  3. hadi

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    It works only for programs that were installed BY (through)Total Uninstall 2
    look here
    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=84179&highlight=total uninstall
     
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    question no.12 and I thought it has a reply. Sorry about that.
    TU canot monitor/uninstall previously installed programs. either live with it OR uninstall them through add/remove and then re-install them this time through TU. hope this helps
     
  6. bellgamin

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    To elaborate upon hadi's excellent advice for uninstalling a program that was NOT monitored by Total Uninstall:
    _/(1) Uninstall the program using Add/Remove

    _/(2) Reinstall the program with monitoring by Total Uninstall

    _/(3) Restart computer

    _/(4) Uninstall second time via Add/Remove

    _/(5) Restart computer again

    _/(6) Uninstall third time using Total Unistall.

    This 6-step process may sound like a lot of work, but it WILL clean up 99.999% of a disobedient program (such as Norton AV) if that program's original installation was not moniotred by Total Uninstall.
     
  7. hadi

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    and now every thing is clean even the registry SO Finaly
    _/(7) install your program through TU

    thanks bellgamin
    I didn't want to frighten him with these RESTARTS but this is it, for trouble free you have to restart, especially if registry cleaning is involved. RESTART and CLEAN AFTER THE RESTART IMMEDIATELY
     
  8. tiluid

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    10x

    Why are these reboots necessary?

    Thank you bellgamin!
    Thank you hadi!
     
  9. hadi

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    The entries in the registry are associated with their corresponding programs. When you uninstall a program using add/remove some entries are leftover but not all of them are redundant. Therefore cleaning the registry at this stage is not recommended. To make absolutely sure, you do a reboot so that Windows re-organize/re-associate its registry again. Now the remained entries if any are absolutely redundant. I found this my self by trial and error, when doing registry cleaning on computers. I found a minimum risk involved if the registry cleaning was done immediately after a restart/reboot.
     
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    Thanks, hadi!

    Great info, hadi! You opened my eyes! ... no kidding! :)
     
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    Could someone expand on the above point " .... you do a reboot so that Windows re-organize/re-associate its registry again." I will obviously follow the advice about rebooting in future before cleaning the registry as you chaps know what you are talking about, but I'm not clear what "re-organising/re-associating" the registry actually means.
     
  12. hadi

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    Hi
    I’m not claiming any thing here. As I said: its trial and error. it’s a method not a general rule. and I don’t know what exactly happen in the registry during a reboot. I’m not an expert in registry and I can’t check over50Mb (the whole registry backup). so I said re-association because once I did a reg cleaning and got an error, also when tried to open certain programs nothing happens.then I redid it through my registry back up. at the same time came to my mind an idea to restart and do the cleaning to see what the effect is. I did it and every thing went smooth. I repeted the test and was ok. Since then I’m repeating the same thing whenever an error occurs and always go right. Similar thing happened with TotalUninstall2. I uninstalled a program using add/remove and after that tried to clean the rest using TU2. I got errors then I stopped TU2 and did a reboot then tried TU2, the process went without errors. something in the registry happen to some entries I don’t know what it is. I called it re-association.(its sort of an assocition I think) . Hope this helps
     
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    Thanks, hadi.
     
  14. bellgamin

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    Blackcat is another expert who recommends the restart method. In fact, I learned about it from one of his posts.
     
  15. smiler

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    REGLITE, it was the only program/REGISTRY CLEANER to get rid of MicrosoftAntispyware program forever after all else FAILED even add/removed failed.

    smiler.
     
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