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how to COMPLETELY uninstall a program?
menace:
I'm doing some housecleaning and I notice that a vast majority of programs think uninstall means remove some files in the directory and make a half-azzed effort in the registry--anyone know any good third party programs that really work?
missioncontrol:
My idea of housecleaning is formatting the hard drive then reinstalling windows.....
pain in the @ss but well worth it.................
tommy:
Registry cleaner= Freeware
SOAPboy:
--- Quote from: missioncontrol on April 12, 2005, 03:29:20 pm ---My idea of housecleaning is formatting the hard drive then reinstalling windows.....
pain in the @ss but well worth it.................
--- End quote ---
Agreed.. and if you do it "regularly" you can Image your drive after a clean install, then pow, reinstalls in 15 min..
menace:
well typically i agree with you. this is a very inefficient way to uninstall a few programs. Sort of like using your car to kill a bee--the end is the same but a rolled up paper would have worked better. I'm just amazed that after all these years there isn't an uninstall program that actually tracks the files it installs then removes ALL of them including the registry entries....