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Author Topic: Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?  (Read 13,948 times)

redstarnyc

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Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?
« on: March 01, 2010, 04:14 PM »
I have been using Revo for a while but now that it has a Pro version I am looking for alternatives.  I would love to know what other folks are using or if anyone knows of an open source uninstaller.

Another question - is Windows 7's uninstaller as slow as XP's?  Do I need a standalone program anymore?
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Re: Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 07:06 PM »
to me it is ten times faster than xp. I dont use a third party uninstaller
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Re: Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2010, 07:25 PM »
I've used MyUninstaller from NirCmd author.  I haven't benchmarked it or anything but it's nice to have things the same on various Windows flavors instead of trying to remember how each different version of stuff works.  It's a freebie:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html

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Re: Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 04:31 AM »
+1 for MyUninstaller. No extra crap you'll never use, or some resident watcher process. Just the Windows App Wizard de-crappified.

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Re: Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 01:24 PM »
I don't know if this works on Windows 7, and it seems to have been abandoned in 2005, but it IS open source...
http://wistinga.online.fr/safarp/

I no longer use the standard uninstaller when I have to work with Windows XP machines.
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redstarnyc

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Re: Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2010, 03:01 AM »
Thanks so much.
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Re: Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2010, 09:57 AM »

myuninstaller is super fast at displaying the software list if you tick:

View >> Dont load Icons
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Re: Open Source Uninstaller Windows 7?
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2010, 07:15 PM »
Another uninstaller similar to MyUninstaller is Free Uninstaller.

I usually go to MyUninstaller as a first option, but occasionally I'll check Free Uninstaller for an alternative look.

-- I don't know if it works on Win7 ?
« Last Edit: March 05, 2010, 07:34 PM by sajman99 »

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