Does System Restore uninstall my program if I restore to a point before the program was
installed?
Answer: No, System Restore does not completely uninstall any program by itself if
restoring to a point prior to the program installation. Since system restore is based on
an inclusionary model, any file added or modified by the installation which System Restore
does not monitor or files added to or modified in a non monitored drive will not be
tracked by System Restore. Thus System Restore cannot delete or undo any modifications
made to these files. To remove all the changes an installation may have made on the
system, the user should first use the Add/Remove option in the control panel to remove the
application prior to using System Restore. System Restore however will undo all recorded
changes made to the registry & monitored files caused by the application install
including:
• Delete monitored files the program installation may have added to the system
• Undo modifications to monitored files made by the installation
• Replace the current registry with the registry snapshot taken when the restore
point chosen was created. (*note: some current values will persist)
• Any file type not monitored by System Restore added or modified on the system will
not be restored or removed. E.g. .jpg, .txt files.
From: System Restore FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/faqsrwxp.mspx
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| If I do a restore point then upgrade office 2002 to office 2007 can I go
| back to restore point and office 2007 will be un-installed???
| Thanks Bob
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