Is it better to uninstall a troublesome program In Safe Mode?

I recently installed a program that at first I thought was cool but then gave me grief. SnoopFree Privacy Shield. It allowed me to whitelist my screenshot programs, but then it went on and crippled them. Very unacceptable behavior for software. Then I lost the ability to use my Start Menu (except the Start Button) and the vertical portion of my Quick Launch. If I do use them they freeze and won't get off the screen and the taskbar freezes as well.

I have not been able to uninstall all traces of SnoopFree Privacy Shield in normal mode, because my uninstaller programs keep on showing it in their lineup after supposedly removing it. I can use 2 out of my 3 screenshot programs in Safe Mode. Should I run my uninstallers there instead?

Computer
Dell Computer Dimension 2400 (desktop) 2003
Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition (original and pre-installed) 32-bit SP3
reinstalled 02-20-2014
CPU
Intel Pentium 4
Northwood 0.13um Technology
RAM
2.00GB DDR @ 166MHz (2.5-3-3-7)
Motherboard
Dell Computer Corp. 0G1548 (Microprocessor)
Graphics
Default Monitor (1280x1024@60Hz)
Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller (Dell)
Storage
80 GB Seagate ST380011A (ATA) 28 °C
3.94 GBGB Lexar USB Flash Drive USB Device (USB)
500.11 GB HGST USB Device (external hard drive)
Optical Drives
SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252S
Audio
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Anti-Virus
Roboscan

 

I'll wager you've got it, but have you tried RevoUnintstaller?

 

I'm with the mekanic, I too think you got it but follow the suggestion to run Revo Uninstaller, and after it's removed try this to search and remove any files Revo missed.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/everything.html

 

Thank you. I do utilize Revo. I installed Everything.

I did a search with a lucky misspelling. I found there was a driver in system32 named SnopFree. Deleting it liberated my system. Now I can bring up the Glary Utilities GUI, which I hadn't been able to do. Now I can use my screenshot programs, and above all, now I can use the Start Menu and Quick Launch again.