Very Brief/Quick "Uninstall Question" ...

Is it in any way better to Uninstall a program from (with, or using) its own Uninstaller, in the Start>All Programs Menu list, or, better to go to CP>Programs & Features>Uninstall (formerly "Add/Remove"), please?

Thanks in advance,
glenn . . .

 

I, among many here at MG prefer to use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall a program as well as clean up the leftover registry files. Only check the files in BOLD to remove them.

http://majorgeeks.com/Revo_Uninstaller_d5706.html

 

Another vote for Revo.

Revo usually uses the program's own un-installer, if present.
It goes further (on selection 4., and cleans out most things that may be left behind). I always use Selection 4, but your choice and your risk.

Revo doesn't always work, but most times it does.:major

Sometimes, AS A LAST RESORT, if nothing else seems to work, I simply delete the Folder, all Sub-Folders and then run CCleaner

Bazza

 

The Windows built in Uninstaller, Add or Remove Programs, will always look for an uninstaller provided with the installed program.

Revo Uninstaller has several options, the first of which is to:

It is your choice as to which procedure/setting to use.
In EVERY case, the programs built-in uninstaller is run FIRST.

I always use the Moderate setting and it has never caused any problems.

The one case where I Do Not use Revo is for uninstalling my Graphics Driver, because I have several nVidia drivers installed
and the Add or Remove programs dialog has the specific option to Remove Only the Selected Driver.

The Only Registry entries removed ARE the Bolded items in the list.
The other items Above those are just to indicate the Path to the Bolded items.

 

Thank you all very much . . . Revo Unistaller sounds like the tool of choice!

I am familiar with Revo...have used ti quite a few times, didn't think of it for some reason or other (?) ... maybe as I not long ago had read some conflicting info on it, but anyway, I've never had any trouble with it, sooooo

Thanks again folks!