Best Uninstall Programs Plugin?

Boofo · Post by *Boofo » 2003-07-04, 08:46 UTC

Can anyone tell me what the best file plug-in for uninstalling programs is? There are a few of them around and I was wondering if someone had an opinion on any of them. Thanks in advance.

djk · Post by *djk » 2003-07-04, 08:57 UTC

I prefer UnInstaller v1.2

Boofo · Post by *Boofo » 2003-07-04, 12:40 UTC

Just curious, any special reason why you prefer that one? And are there any real differences?

za222 · Post by *za222 » 2003-07-04, 18:43 UTC

UninstallER 1.2 is faster, because it doesn't schow the size of the programs (which is not needed IMHO)

Also, it has the ability do delete an entry from the registry:
RETURN = Uninstall
DEL = Delete entry from reg

Boofo · Post by *Boofo » 2003-07-04, 19:34 UTC

za222 wrote:UninstallER 1.2 is faster, because it doesn't schow the size of the programs (which is not needed IMHO)

Also, it has the ability do delete an entry from the registry:
RETURN = Uninstall
DEL = Delete entry from reg

That's good to know. Thanks!

It doesn't come with any file to really say what it does (in English, anyway). Would you hit tjhe return key and then the delete key or the other way around (to get the program un-installed and the registry cleared of the program)?

djk · Post by *djk » 2003-07-04, 20:31 UTC

Just like za222 said, UninstallER 1.2 is faster and allows to delete the registry keys if for example the program was unistalled (deleted) manually and the registry key still exists.
And although Uninstall 1.0 (the second plugin) shows the size and date of installation - it doesnt't do it for all programs so it looks a bit strange, while for one program it does and for another it doesn't do it.
It looks like the plugin was corrupted.

Boofo wrote: Would you hit tjhe return key and then the delete key or the other way around (to get the program un-installed and the registry cleared of the program)?

Pressing ENTER on the program uninstall it and delete the key from the registry so you don't have to press DELETE additionaly.

Boofo · Post by *Boofo » 2003-07-04, 20:50 UTC

Thank you very much for the quick answers.

I'll go with the one you suggested then. I was using the other one for a while but thought I would try the newer one and it seems to be faster (as you say). The register key delete option is an added bonus. Thanks again.