Truth in Advertising

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Gary McPherson

I see utilities everywhere claim that Windows can not uninstall programs
properly. They claim pieces are always left in the registry by the ARP.
How true is this? Is the only work around to use system restore
before every app install? How big a performance or stability hit does
this really cause?

Thanks,

Gary
 
Gary,

It depends upon the uninstaller suite [of that particular program]. Some uninstallers [built-in with the application] remove the traces completely, and some don't [as designed by the manufacturer]. And yes, System restore is recommended before installing an application. A System Restore snapshot will not affect your system performance, but it takes considerable amout of disk space which you don't need to worry if you have a large capacity HDD installed.

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
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I see utilities everywhere claim that Windows can not uninstall programs
properly. They claim pieces are always left in the registry by the ARP.
How true is this? Is the only work around to use system restore
before every app install? How big a performance or stability hit does
this really cause?

Thanks,

Gary
 
Ramesh said:
Gary,

It depends upon the uninstaller suite [of that particular program]. Some uninstallers [built-in with the application] remove the traces completely, and some don't [as designed by the manufacturer]. And yes, System restore is recommended before installing an application. A System Restore snapshot will not affect your system performance, but it takes considerable amout of disk space which you don't need to worry if you have a large capacity HDD installed.
Click to expand...

Is there a way to setup system restore so it automatically sets a
restore point when an installation starts?

Thanks,

Gary
 
Suggest you read in "help", searching for words "System Restore".
You'll find this and more.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




Gary said:
Ramesh said:
Gary,

It depends upon the uninstaller suite [of that particular program].
Some uninstallers [built-in with the application] remove the traces
completely, and some don't [as designed by the manufacturer]. And yes,
System restore is recommended before installing an application. A
System Restore snapshot will not affect your system performance, but
it takes considerable amout of disk space which you don't need to
worry if you have a large capacity HDD installed.
Click to expand...

Is there a way to setup system restore so it automatically sets a
restore point when an installation starts?

Thanks,

Gary
Click to expand...
 
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