FiOS Dan
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| [POLL] Uninstallers - 2009 Member Choice
According to Wikipedia, "An uninstaller or deinstaller is a computer program which is designed to remove all or parts of a specific other program or application. It is the opposite of an installer. Some software vendors ship an uninstaller with their applications. A third-party uninstaller is a program which uninstalls programs from vendors different from the uninstaller vendor. Such uninstallers often aim to support uninstallation of a number of programs."
The following are the 2009 nominees for top uninstaller programs. Please vote for your top pick(s). If you vote for "Other", please specify in a post within this topic what you use and any links to that program.
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Siko
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Mechanicsburg, PA
clubs: | I use revo uninstaller. |
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Rxdoxx
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This is a whole area where I'm not real clear on things.
Know that some programs only trigger the "Windows Add/Remove" using a GUI to make it easier for the user, or they find and trigger the programs own uninstaller.
Have read claims by some programs that they also use a separate algorithm(??) to find more things for a more thorough cleaning, but that is as far as I understand it.
The only way I'm sure to get everything is to use a program that actually monitors the install and records everything that happens during it.
There is one other program that I use which a case can be made for
Sandboxie »www.sandboxie.com/
I install a program using a sandbox, and if I want to get rid of it, all I have to do is delete the sandbox... so It isn't an uninstaller because the program was never really installed, but on the other hand I could "install", use and test the program and have the ability to totally get it off my system, so a quasi-uninstaller 
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lilhurricane
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Comprehensive & in-depth poll, Dan...thank you
I primarily use ccleaner now & OS X drag to trash (*poof! it's gone)  |
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dadkins
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Great Poll FiOS Dan!
XP Add/Remove or Vista Programs and Features
TU Clean up Windows
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jadinolf
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Ojai, CA | reply to FiOS Dan
I use Your Uninstaller |
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dennismurphy
Put me on hold? I'll put YOU on hold
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Parsippany, NJ | reply to FiOS Dan
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howie
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Little Falls, NJ | reply to FiOS Dan
I use the ultimate uninstaller... True Image 10. |
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aefstoggaflm
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Bethlehem, PA |  reply to FiOS Dan
Re: [POLL] Uninstallers - 2009 Member Choice
Windows Add or Remove Programs and Program's supplied uninstaller. |
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mromero
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Los Angeles, CA | reply to FiOS Dan
Re: [POLL] Uninstallers - 2009 Member Choice
Programs Supplied Uninstaller
OS X Drag to the Trash |
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RJST
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Canada | reply to FiOS Dan
I use Windows Add or Remove Programs as an uninstaller. |
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Sly
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Johnson City, TN
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Re: [POLL] Uninstallers - 2009 Member Choice
I use Ccleaner. I like the registry clean up it performs afterward. |
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lilhurricane
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Re: [POLL] Uninstallers - 2009 Member Choice
...lil reminder here how these Software polls work - vote and state what you use - or don't vote & don't post.
»Software Forum Member Choice »[POLL] Posting & Voting Guidelines
If you have questions, keep them out of the poll, and start a topic in the forum. These threads are for voting what you do use, so that folks take that data & compile our FAQ's from them.
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La Luna
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Warwick, NY
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Thanks for the poll FiOS Dan  !
I use Zsoft Uninstaller and Windows Add/Remove. |
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Digibits
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The Hilltop
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Excellent poll.
I selected Other:
Windows Installer CleanUp »support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Came across this stand-alone program several months ago.
Should not be used by anyone running Office 2007 as explained in the Microsoft details. |
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Littlem129
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White Pine, TN | reply to FiOS Dan
I use the following in this order.
Programs Supplied Uninstaller
Windows Add/Remove (if program doesn't have supplied uninstaller)
Your Uninstaller (for hard to remove programs) |
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