Revo Uninstaller - User's Guide
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Revo Uninstaller contains advanced algorithms to find leftovers related only to the
uninstalled program. In some cases these algorithms, especially in Advanced uninstall mode,
could list some items related to another program. It could happen, but NOT necessarily (not
always), when you have installed two or more versions of a program, for example "Adobe
Photoshop CS" and "Adobe Photoshop CS5". In this case the user can distinguish the
leftovers. It also could happen if you want to uninstall only a component of a big software
package (i.e. a component of Microsoft Office). In that case Revo Uninstaller could list the
rest of the components as leftovers, because they are installed in the same folder and Revo
Uninstaller cannot distinguish them (Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc). It is better to use Revo
Uninstaller to remove the whole software package instead of a component.
Revo Uninstaller also includes safety algorithms and will NOT list some leftovers if it
decides that deleting them can harm your system. Therefore, although it does a better job
than Windows Programs and Features application and the built-in uninstaller of the
application you want to uninstall, it still may miss something due to safety and the uninstall
mode you choose - Safe, Moderate and Advanced.
In Revo Uninstaller we have implemented a lot of protections to make it safer and
secure, while trying to maximize its accuracy in searching for leftovers.
Basically you can easily distinguish the leftovers (by name, by install path) and in
most of the cases Select All button could be safely used. There are GUIDs and CLSIDs
(alphanumeric items) which are correct leftovers in 99% of the cases, so you can safely
delete them.
Note that Revo Uninstaller creates a Windows System Restore Point and by default
delete every deleted files or folder to the Recycle Bin.
There is also a context menu, which you can see by right-mouse clicking on the
leftover items:
Expand All – expands all items of the shown Registry tree – by default it is expanded
so you may not see any difference first time you use this command;
Collapse All – collapses all items of the shown Registry tree;
Export All – export shown leftover data to HTML file;
Expand selected key – expands only the selected key and its sub items;
Collapse selected key – collapses the selected key and its sub items;
Uninstall selected key – deletes the key from the system;
Mark selected key as Created – marks selected key as created by the program you
are uninstalling. This feature is useful when you see a Registry key which you are sure is
created by the program, but not marked as created because of the safety algorithms in Revo
Uninstaller;
Warning: Be very careful using this command. Mark the key only if you are sure that
it belongs to the uninstalled program!
Add to Exclude List – adds the selected key to the exclude list, which protects the key
from deletion. Excluded keys have red color and you can edit the exclude list from options in
Revo Uninstaller;
Open Registry Key… - open the selected Registry key in Windows Registry Editor
(RegEdit.exe).