Uninstall Failure

[xarzu]

Have you ever installed a program and then when you uninstall, it keeps the files behind. Or does not do the uninstallation at all? What causes this and what can be done to make sure your computer is clean nof the files?

[Jeremy]

This is not a computer glitch, it's just that developers want you to use their software so they pay more attention to the installer than the uninstaller. Files are registry entries usually always get left behind. I'll give you an example of what I do. I switched from Nero to InfraRecorder last night so after I uninstalled Nero I did a search for folders called "Nero" and/or "Ahead". I also searched the registry with JV16 PowerTools' Registry Finder (or you could use RegSeeker which is freeware) for keys called "Nero" and/or "Ahead". This way I manually clean out every trace of the uninstalled program.