Windows 10: Windows 10 Needs a Better App Uninstaller, Users Claim

I have been having some trouble with malwarebytes hanging at the end of the scan. Reading about revo here, I decided to d/l it and give it go. After playing with it a while, decided to go ahead and uninstall Malwarebytes. It is a licensed pro version. Revo said it was gone, so just did a double check with ccleaner to see if it turned up anything...it did not. Rebooted and went on the web to download a fresh copy, installed it and checked the status, sure enough it was able to find my unique identifier and key. Not sure how it found them, but must have been undetectable to revo??

 

, this will *Shock you. I agree with a you. Sometimes things just work out in strange ways. . .Thanks. . .*Biggrin

 

There are occasions, for example, when Windows Uninstaller is unable to do its job because of virus or other malware infections. I have had to use Avast's special uninstaller as well as MalwareBytes uninstaller on relatives' and friends' computers. But generally, I think that most users don't run into these type of problems. That's why it is handy to have Revo or Iobit at the ready.

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Rich Not sure, but your point may be on point, albeit if I have a virus (only twice since Win 2000 I immediately do a compete new install. . .cannot really see attempting to clean up the mess that a virus or even malware may cause. . .just pointless to do so. . .*really

 

Point well taken. It often takes much time to "clean up" an infected machine. There are times when I will do as you do: complete new install.

Rich

 

Point well taken. It often takes much time to "clean up" an infected machine. There are times when I will do as you do: complete new install.

Rich Just a thought. But how about keeping system images stored on a separate HDD? I hate doing new installs, because they are so time consuming. Especially for an older OS like W7 with all the updates that need to be restored as well.

 

Using a image is much easier and quicker than a new install. I have my images on a USB hard drive. The only time I have it hooked to the computer is when I'm making or restoring a image.

 

Point well taken. It often takes much time to "clean up" an infected machine. There are times when I will do as you do: complete new install.

Rich Just a thought. But how about keeping system images stored on a separate HDD? I hate doing new installs, because they are so time consuming. Especially for an older OS like W7 with all the updates that need to be restored as well. That's just fine and highly desirable anyway but a bit drastic just to get rid of one or couple of programs. Would have to make backup every time you want to try a program. Too time consuming and hard on disks. That's like killing an elephant for one steak or using shotgun on a flea, Good uninstaller and most of extra stuff is gone, nothing simpler.

 

Down through the years I have bought a fair number of HDD's that I use for storing images on. I have both an e-SATA and USB 3 HDD dock, so I can easily do regular backups of all my data as well as system images. With having the OS installed on an SSD, creating or restoring a system image with Macrium takes about 2 minutes max for W8 or 10 and about 3 minutes for W7.

 

Lee, this will *Shock you. I agree with a you. Sometimes things just work out in strange ways. . .Thanks. . .*Biggrin I always thought BSODs were caused by faulty drivers, Windows itself not installing correctly, ACPI not recognized correctly, Virus, Malware or spyware, incorrect windows boot setting, or bad hardware.

 

Lee, this will *Shock you. I agree with a you. Sometimes things just work out in strange ways. . .Thanks. . .*Biggrin I always thought BSODs were caused by faulty drivers, Windows itself not installing correctly, ACPI not recognized correctly, Virus, Malware or spyware, incorrect windows boot setting, or bad hardware. And faulty entries in registry.

 

To all. . .It really does not bother me to reinstall a new system when a problem occurs. I know that some you have different views on how to go about dealing with virus, albeit mine is to do a complete clean install regardless of what caused the problem. . .thus I am sure of gutting the situation so it doesn't happen again. As to backups Jay I do have them and at time will employ that method. My thing though is that I enjoy doing rebuilds/reinstalls. . .*Thumbs

 

I do too, but it still takes at least a day to install all updates.