custom remove

robmeyer

what's the difference between

software manager --> custom remove

and

registry manager\add remove->uninstall, followed by using the registry finder to remove the leftovers.

jv16

A very good question.

The uninstaller of each program contains a list of items the developer of the software has listed for it to remove.

The Custom Remove Software automatically detects and lists the registry keys and entries related to the software and allows user to select which ones to remove.

Basically, the uninstaller of a software usually, if not always, leaves something behind. The Custom Remove Software is designed to pinpoint and allow the user to remove these left-over entries, but it can also be used to remove traces of programs that come without any uninstaller.

robmeyer

Juoni,

What a difficult answer to such a simple question.

If I read well, you say that there is no difference, but custom remove works automatically, while uinstall-->registry finder is a manual proces.

Right?

Rob

blackdex

Not realy.

Lets say you want to remove a program that is called 'BlackDex' (yea i know very original).

Mostly those entries should be in HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in the software folder under there company or program name.

What the normal remove does, is remove this folder.

Now, what the Custom Removes does is a bit more.

I Will scan more parts of the registry, including the executable's name (if it has one, and the right one), and report those also, thus it will give you a more compleet list of what (could) be entrys to that software.

And tus can remove more entries that that software created within you registry.

So mostly The Custom Remove is automatic and more simpler then the Registry Finder by doing it manualy.

I Myself use both the Custom Remove, and then i use the Registry Finder to find more leftovers :).

But this i only recomend to some more advanced users, and not to some novice, becouse some entries can do harm if you remove them :).

robmeyer

>I Myself use both the Custom Remove, and then i use the Registry >Finder to find more leftovers .

OK, that's the answer to my question: do both

>But this i only recomend to some more advanced users, and not to >some novice, becouse some entries can do harm if you remove them.

I am an advanced user, but still wonder what my be removed and what not.

Thanks

Rob

blackdex

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