Re: Program uninstaller

de diesel_fuel 06/11/2006 10:20

In article <glqn82dhg9hukhhfueqmta0meb23stepu5@4ax.com>,
OPRBMDQMZNLV@spammotel.com says...
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:34:31 -0500 'Howard Schwartz'
> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>
> >hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZNLV@spammotel.com> wrote in
Inctrl5 looks like the latest version now
try this link that includes help files
http://www.xpefiles.com/viewtopic.php?t=130

> >news:atvk821jq5kt38nlsi5je2mkh331fd0891@4ax.com:
> >
> >> By contrast Total Uninstaller works differently by snapshotting the
> >> file system and registry *before* installation of an application and
> >> then again afterwards, and retains a small file with the
> >> differences/changes made by the new application during its install.
> >>
> >> Complete uninstallation later on then becomes more certain and won't
> >> leave you with piles of junk all over the registry and file system.
> >
> >An important omission of Total Uninstaller, which I use, is: It only
> >tracks changes within the registry. It does not track or restore changes
> >to all the other possible ini files such as, win.ini, system.ini,
> >autoexec.bat, config.sys, progman.ini etc. etc.
>
> TU actually tracks changes in the registry *and* new additions to
> the file system. It doesn't track files which are overwritten, files
> which are deleted or files which are changed (like those you list).
> This makes it less than perfect for monitoring installations although
> I'm not aware of how often files get changed.
>
> But afaik it's the best available and it still provides better
> tracking than MyUninstall.
>
> >One way around this is to use it in combination with Inctrl3 which does
> >track changes to win.ini and system.ini.
>
> I've not come across Inctrl3 ...please post a link if poss.
>
> >I am not sure if total uninstaller will record deletion of files, as well
> >as added ones.
>
> No it doesn't do this.
>
> We live in an imperfect world.
>