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suleika:
I like this idea.  It would become one of my essentials - first installs on a new system.  I'd love a really basic monitoring app that would simply log in a text file various changes including installed apps - with a choice of which events to monitor.   

I'm not thinking detailed registry stuff, nor file changes (ala filehamster).  I'm thinking more of logging not only apps installed, updated or uninstalled, but perhaps the creation, renaming or deleting of directories, also of new shortcuts (in startup, desktop, quicklaunch etc) - perhaps "new hardware" and drivers too, and any renaming or remapping of discs or network folders - etc.  How about changes in file associations too - more than once in the past I could have done with that being logged!  It would ease the stress of everyday organisational tweaking to know that some of these things would be automatically noted and logged, and when dealing with someone else's machine, it could make detective work much easier and faster.  No frills - just a plain text log.

Great idea.  Perhaps it already exists - I've never looked before..

edbro:
I second the idea of using Total Uninstall. I like to monitor my installs to ensure I get a full uninstall.

There have been several instances where I went to install a piece of software when I noticed that I already have a uninstall log by the same name. My memory isn't what it used to be.

A bit off topic but I've started keeping a spreadsheet with a list of all the books I have read. Quite a few times I've gotten 50 pages into a book when I realize that it is starting to sound familiar.

cmpm:
Found this at Major Geeks.
You have to be registered to download that zip file though.
If you click on register all you need to give is a user name and password I think.
I haven't tried it.

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=99577

techidave:
cmpm, as near as I can tell the file will only give you a list of applications ionstalled and those that havce an uninstaller.   explaination Not quite what I was looking for but at least some one wrote a batch file to read that registry key.

techidave:
I did get a reply back from the developers at Revo.

hank you very much for your feedback and suggestion. We will have it in mind.
We continue to improve Revo Uninstaller so stay up to date.
Thank you very much!

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