Total Uninstall Questions

I'm new to Total Uninstall, and wonder about this:

If I install a program and monitor it through TU, then a few weeks or months later install a new version of the same program eg v.12.2 over v.12.1, how do I handle this, assuming I follow the advice of the producer of the particular program and install it over the top of the previous version? What I've been doing is simply monitoring a new installation in TU and giving it an approprite name. So If I installed TheBat! v.3.81 originally, I will call the new version in TU TheBat! v.3,82 or whatever. But this means I might end up with lots of entries for that program as various versions come out. And if I decide to unstall the prog, presumably I start with the last in TU's log of the series - but should I go on uninstalling, working back from there? TU's help file does not seem to address this, so I'd be really grateful if someone could set me straight.

 

When you monitor a program with TU, TU will save the changes for that version only.

For minor releases I think that you won't need to do a new check with TU, but if the program update is huge could be better if you uninstall the current version, use TU to uninstall all the files, and then make a new installation and a new snapshot of that program...

Always depends on the situation and program...

 

For ~5 years I have had success with using the following process when installing/uninstalling updates -- where the update instructions recommend installing the update ON-TOP-OF an original program. (For purposes of this example I use a hypothetical Program A, updated two times)...

Using TUN, I monitor install of Program A. Later on (when updates arrive) I also monitor installs of update #1 then update #2. Thus (in this example) I would have 3 TUN install records for Program A.

MY UNINSTALL PROCEDURE...
#1- Using Windows Add/Remove, I uninstall Program A (see Note 1)
#2- I then do a Restart
#3- Using TUN, I then uninstall update #2, then update #1, then Program A -- in THAT order. (see Note 2)
#4- I then do another restart

Note1- Since Add/Remove merely uses a program's own uninstall routine, it will usually have just one uninstall record for any given program even though you may have installed one or more updates ON-TOP-OF the original program

Note2- There is no problem if TUN is told to uninstall something that already has been uninstalled by a previous action.

P.S. When uninstalling, if I get a pop-up saying (in effect) "such-and-such a dll seems to be no longer used by any program. Do you want it removed?" I ALWAYS answer "No." Okay, so maybe I have a few unnecessary dll's on my box -- but I've never had an uninstall cause subsequent problems, & I want to keep it that way.

 

Thanks, guys - you've given me a handle on it. So far I'm very impressed with the prog - but I think the help files could stand beefing up. Cheers!