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Windows Add/Remove programs replacements

Windowsby Brad Linder Nov 19th 2007

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If you spend a lot of time trying out new software, you probably also spend a lot of time uninstalling software. And the thing is, Microsoft's add/remove programs applications just don't cut it. From the earliest days of Windows, Microsoft has bundled a handy utility for removing unwanted programs. And every version right up to Windows Vista seems to have a few quirks. The add/remove programs dialog is slow to load, often leaves registry entries behind, and sometimes just misses programs altogether.

Here are a few alternate uninstallers that we've run across. They're all free, and they all claim to be better than the Windows utility in one way or another.

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Tags: absolute-uninstaller, ccleaner, myuninstaller, revo-uninstaller, safarp, uninstallers

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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Microsoft, Freeware

MyUninstaller - alternative to Add or Remove Programs

Windowsby Jason Clarke Aug 5th 2007

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Arguably one of the most frustrating parts of Windows is the Add or Remove Programs control panel applet. If you have even a modest amount of software installed on your computer, it can be infuriatingly slow to launch, and lacks even the most basic usability features like being able to select a field, type a letter, and jump to the first entry that begins with that letter. You know, like how Windows Explorer and pretty much every other Windows application works? Yeah.

While there are some historical reasons for the general suckiness of Add/Remove Programs, really the best thing to do is find an alternative. That's where MyUninstaller by NirSoft comes in.

MyUninstaller provides its own view of uninstallable programs, and gives some additional information about them. Startup time can still be a bit slow on a system that has a lot of software on it, but navigating within the program is so much more pleasant than trying to use Add or Remove Programs that you'll never want to go back. MyUninstaller consists of a standalone executable, so you can stick it on a memory stick and use it on all of the computers that you end up having to maintain for friends and family.

Tags: Add or Remove Programs, AddOrRemovePrograms, MyUninstaller, NirSoft, Old New Thing, OldNewThing, Raymond Chen, RaymondChen

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