But how do you know that for a fact? Or is that based on an assumption
that
it has to be that way?
Such as?? (specifically, and I don't just mean regedit)
I'm thinking of all the obscure registry and file references it finds,for
example, with some of its options (some of which may not be as safe to use
in practice).
I do not rely on Revo for anything but have installed and uninstalled
it many times to help other people with problems, to try to understand
how it works and to see if there is any benefit or value to it.
I have done the same with Absolute Uninstaller and many other cleanup,
fix up, tune up applications - all sorts of things. They are just
fancy front ends to things you can already do with Windows. I try
"unsafe" things on purpose all the time. I have tried lots and lots
of registry cleaners for example to compare them to see which one
really finds the most entries that don't need to be there and I will
track them down. I have no fear of trying Absolute Uninstaller or
just about anything else within reason.
If I had not actually installed Absolute and tried in on an Office
2007 SP2 system, who would do it to see the same thing that the OP was
seeing and then ask Absolute to explain it (no reply yet). The OP has
a good thought with the 9+5 theory. I will let Absolute sort it out
or explain it.
What happens when you uninstall is the same as Add/Remove Programs,
but Revo does include some other things to click on that will report
the obscure registry entry (an MRU or ADP here and there) and I have
not tried to uninstall everything with Revo, but I have tried a
compare of Add/Remove and Revo and so far it has not found any obscure
thing that I cannot find myself if I just take a look.
I figure if somebody at Revo knows how to write a program to search
for and display an obscure or leftover registry entry , unreferenced
folders, files, dlls, etc., I can figure out the same thing myself.
Some human being had to sit down and figure out how to do it and what
it all means to write the code to produce the report of such things.
Revo can find things faster than me and produce a nice report, but it
doesn't do anything I can't do myself. I can find a lot of things
Revo misses too.
I can tell you with certainty using side by side comparisons that Revo
is not as good in it's reporting of registry leftovers as some other
products. It does just a fair job and is "okay" to me but it does
centralize a lot of boring routine things into a user friendly GUI.
It can't even uninstall itself without leaving things behind. A lot
of products don't do a good job either. but not everybody will notice
or care about the little things that bother me.
Cleaning up uninstall leftovers does not seem to be the forte of the
VS Revo Group. Their focus is to fancy up some nice GUI and sell it.
It is a makes you feel good because it looks good product.
That is what they do, and there is nothing wrong with that. It is all
a good idea.
