Freeware uninstaller for existing programs NOT intended to be uninstalled

[jmatt]

Here is info relating to the different questions.

If Install is used in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel when adding
new programs, it will add it to the Add/Remove list.

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Manually Uninstalling a Program
http://surecool.net/manuninst.htm

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Uninstall Tool
http://xpis.alfaspace.net/index.php?id=projects&show=uninstall
- allows you to display hidden installed programs
- filter installed application list by name
- makes possible to delete programs if their uninstaller fails

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PUI
http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Home
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/system_5.html
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/index.htm

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InCtrl5
http://www.devhood.com/tools/tool_details.aspx?tool_id=432
http://members.tripod.com/sbcserv/downloads.htm
http://www.idicalif.com/scripts3/hf8.idc?teamkey=IDIBASE
http://www.filelibrary.com:8080/cgi-bin/freedownload/Multi-Platform/n/105/inctrl5.zip
Windows 9x, NT, 2000, Me or XP

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UNDOReg
http://mrs_calabash.home.comcast.net/download/undoreg146.exe
When you install a new program, the installation utility adds new data
to your System Registry, often unremoved after the uninstallation. You
can have a record of exactly what the install program did using InCtrl
5, System Mechanic, Safe Installer or RegShot. UNDOReg analyzes the
report generated by any one of these utilities, and deletes referenced
Registry keys."
[The original author's site is long gone, but you can download the
program by clicking on the title button above; All Windows

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FileMap
http://www.dogkennels.net/filemap/

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InstallWatch
http://www.epsilonsquared.com/
http://www.epsilonsquared.com/installwatch.htm

InstallRite
http://www.epsilonsquared.com/
http://www.epsilonsquared.com/installrite.htm

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ZipInstaller
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/zipinst.html
The ZipInstaller utility installs and uninstalls applications and
utilities that do not provide an internal installation program.

 

[Ken Maples]

That was the first...and last...program I ever bought. It did some pretty
hefty damage to my system. I would recommend staying clear of that program.

Since that time I've religiously used Total Uninstall or InCtrl before
installing. For the already-installed programs, I mainly just leave them
alone. It can be tricky trying to uninstall programs that haven't been
monitored. I've had some success that way, but I also had one major
failure...tryng to uninstall AOL (which came with my system). I wish I had
just left it alone.

Is InCtrl5 not a freeware program?
If it is freeware, where is the proper place to obtain it?

I tried to find the download site for the InCtrl5 software but my googling for
"InCtrl5 download" found too many download sites. Yet, the first site listed
by Google, PC Magazine December 5, 2000
(http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1653326,00.asp), clearly says "PC
Magazine programs are copyrighted and cannot be distributed". The download
button asked for money.

Is InCtrl5 not a freeware program?

If InCtrl5 is freeware (that PC Magazine article is, after all, 5 years old so
things may have changed in the interim), of the many other download sites,
which is the "correct" site to download InCtrl5 from?

 

[Steven Burn]

Is InCtrl5 not a freeware program?
If it is freeware, where is the proper place to obtain it?

PCM have never released the program as freeware since the introduction of
membership requirements. Any site distributing it as such is in breach of
it's EULA.

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

 

[jacaranda]

PCM have never released the program as freeware since the introduction of
membership requirements. Any site distributing it as such is in breach of
it's EULA.

I always preferred InCtrl4, which doesn't have the restrictive EULA. The
OP can probably still find it on the net.

Though Total Uninstall is just as good, if not better. I just don't like
the log format on TU as much as I like the ones on InCtrl4.