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From: M.L. on 16 Jul 2010 03:45 >> Zsoft and the old Total Uninstall are not as useful as Revo. They only >> monitor the installation, and only catalog the files installed during >> that event. Once a program is run, or used for a while, files that may >> be created will not necessarily be deleted. Revo does a better job than >> either of those in the long run. Zsoft can uninstall apps without monitoring their installation. Obviously such uninstalls won't be as thorough.
From: Owen on 16 Jul 2010 03:51 In article <s8idnYN69vBsbqLRnZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, par4thecourse says... > > Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in > news:Xns9DB6D2FBFFA86bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: > > > > Zsoft and the old Total Uninstall are not as useful as Revo. They only > > monitor the installation, and only catalog the files installed during > > that event. Once a program is run, or used for a while, files that may > > be created will not necessarily be deleted. Revo does a better job than > > either of those in the long run. > > Has anyone here used the Revo Uninstaller Pro version, and if so, was the > cleaning of old programs that much more intensive with it in comparison to > the free version? > > From the comparison between the free and the pro on their site, > there are only two items that would interest me with the Pro version: > > http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html > > Extended scanning for leftovers - more advanced scanning algorithms > Forced Uninstall - remove remnants of already uninstalled programs I use the pro version on win 7x64 and find it well worth the payment, can't say much about the free as I just went ahead and bought the pro version and are happy with it, did a search on one program after ununstalling it and could't find any trace of it, so I am happy chappy and it is nice to get informed of an upgrade when it is available. regards oldfart
From: John Corliss on 16 Jul 2010 05:52 (Hopefully) Bear Bottoms wrote: > Phil wrote: >> M.L. wrote: >>> >>>>> Used Revo but frankly getting a touch sick of it, slow to open and >>>>> longwinded in uninstalling progs. Like how it gets everything >>>>> linked with the prog off though. >>>>> Anyone got better freeware ? >>> >>> Total Uninstall and ZSoft Uninstaller thoroughly uninstall apps by >>> first monitoring their install. If Revo Uninstaller is too slow for >>> you then I don't think you'll have patience for the time required to >>> monitor an install. >>> >>> Haven't tried Ashampoo Magical UnInstall. >>> >>> Ashampoo Magical UnInstall >>> OS: Win 2K/XP/Vista >>> http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_0803__.htm >>> >>> Total Uninstall (last freeware version) >>> OS: Win NT/98/ME/2K/XP >>> http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page11.html >>> >>> ZSoft Uninstaller >>> OS: Win 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista >>> http://www.zsoft.dk/index/software_details/4 >> >> Thank you, nice to get a good reply after either anorexic letter >> answers or the lecture show ! ;-) > > Zsoft and the old Total Uninstall are not as useful as Revo. They only > monitor the installation, and only catalog the files installed during > that event. Not true IMO, that is unless you're talking about the pro version of Revo maybe. And if you were, it would imply that you're recommending commercial software. Regardless, both TU and ZSoft monitor the registry for changes as well and *log* those changes. As a result, they do a far more thorough job of removing registry entries than the freeware version of Revo does: http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html Notice in the feature comparison on that page that the freeware version of Revo does no "Real-Time monitoring of system changes - during install of programs". > Once a program is run, or used for a while, files that may > be created will not necessarily be deleted. That's why before allowing TU or ZSoft to do the final scan, you should run the newly installed program, shut that new program down and reboot. This catches any further files and registry entries created in those processes. > Revo does a better job thaneither of those in the long run. Absolutely not true. The freeware version of Revo leaves many registry entries in place after you use it to remove a program. It has to by its very nature, which is that it monitors nothing and has no way of knowing what files and registry entries have been created by a program since it has been run. > Now if you uninstall right away, ZSoft does well, and it is good to > use to monitor an installation and see whatthat installation does. See my remarks above about running a program and rebooting before finalizing a monitor. Now I will say, that I use XP, not Vista or 7. I don't know if TU 2.35 works with newer versions of Windows but as for ZSoft, I just sent a message to the author and will post info from any replies. He also might join this discussion. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
From: John Corliss on 16 Jul 2010 05:55 Owen wrote: > par4thecourse wrote: >> Bear Bottoms wrote: >>> >>> Zsoft and the old Total Uninstall are not as useful as Revo. They only >>> monitor the installation, and only catalog the files installed during >>> that event. Once a program is run, or used for a while, files that may >>> be created will not necessarily be deleted. Revo does a better job than >>> either of those in the long run. >> >> Has anyone here used the Revo Uninstaller Pro version, and if so, was the >> cleaning of old programs that much more intensive with it in comparison to >> the free version? >> >> From the comparison between the free and the pro on their site, >> there are only two items that would interest me with the Pro version: >> >> http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html >> >> Extended scanning for leftovers - more advanced scanning algorithms >> Forced Uninstall - remove remnants of already uninstalled programs > > I use the pro version on win 7x64 and find it well worth the payment, > can't say much about the free as I just went ahead and bought the pro > version and are happy with it, did a search on one program after > ununstalling it and could't find any trace of it, so I am happy chappy > and it is nice to get informed of an upgrade when it is available. > regards > oldfart Two points though: 1. BB didn't say whether he was talking about the pro or the freeware version of Revo. 2. The OP asked for freeware. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
From: Caesar Romano on 16 Jul 2010 08:05
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:52:09 -0700, John Corliss <q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com> wrote Re Re: Best UNINSTALLER ?: <snip comparison> >Now I will say, that I use XP, not Vista or 7. I don't know if TU 2.35 >works with newer versions of Windows but as for ZSoft, I just sent a >message to the author and will post info from any replies. He also might >join this discussion. Nice comparison of uninstallers John, thanks. -- Work is the curse of the drinking class. |