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[...] either irrelevant to file content (file type, timestamps) or is not consistent enough. Try to open Revo Uninstaller and Process Explorer and count what percentage of software has filled authorship and version [...]

By: Rarst

Rarst — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:09:07 +0000

@tim

You can disable showing updates in Options > Uninstaller > Show system updates

Out of luck if using Vista thou. :)

By: tim

tim — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:45:40 +0000

how do you only show the programs ive downloaded not all the windows updates

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:11:17 +0000

@Ky

No problem, I like that I started to get conversations on my posts (in the begining it felt like middle of desert) and happy to answer. :)

By: Ky

Ky — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:04:22 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. I said that because I’ve seen people removing system files when cleaning up the computer.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:57:49 +0000

@Ky

>things that don’t show up in Vista uninstaller but for some reason I don’t understand yet, they do in Revo.

That’s kinda feature of most 3rd party uninstallers. Windows considers user too dumb to touch OS-related stuff and that he is better not knowing.

This can also be enabled/disabled in Revo (Options > Uninstaller > Show system components).

By: Ky

Ky — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:52:31 +0000

@Josh: I’ve used Revo for months, always choosing the Advanced scan mode and never had a single problem. Make sure you don’t uninstall system components and that sort of things that don’t show up in Vista uninstaller but for some reason I don’t understand yet, they do in Revo.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:07:43 +0000

Actually that is true, as far as locating applications on your pc which need removing it is good for that. Also you can have multiple uninstalling instances running.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:39:46 +0000

@Josh

CCleaner is good but as I said it looks for 100% junk. :) It can’t help with cleaning up leftovers after uninstalls.

By the way cleanup in Revo can be disabled in options if you don’t want to sort through leftovers. I use it more for fast search than for clenup.

MS tools in general are of very varied quality. They can be anywhere between excellent stuff and total crap.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:26:14 +0000

The uninstall and registry scanning tool. First time i used it I wasn’t too careful… did max scanning and didnt really check what it was deleting. Bad mistake, stuffed my comp.

Next time I only did medium scans and actually check through the junk files for any mistakes… somehow still managed to stuff computer. Not bad, just decreasing stability and annoying error popups, that kinda thing

Same thing happened for my gf, who doesn’t do any other mucking round with her comp… so I would say its the software.

I find that using the vista uninstall tool (which is crap) followed by running disc cleaner for temp files THEN running the free online safety scanner for onecare which does a registry scan and junk file scan. Haven’t had any issues yet.

I used to be big on 3rd party apps… CCleaner is good… but Ive found it easier of late to simply use MS tools… generally safer.