Oddly enough I can't access Hibit site either, assume blocked by my ISP, as not using an adblocker or other on my phone that provides hotspot.Another reason I don't use that extension... too many false positives! I use Adguard.
Hmm.. very strange. Site is working fine for me here in U.S.
Cloudflare DNS on laptop, connected to Vodafone UK mobile hotspot, the settings of (mobile) I have not looked into as every other site in the history of all things internet work without complaint, even those of the lessor moral compass
The second link is the link for Total Uninstall. The first one is for a different product, Total Uninstaller.Uninstall utility for Windows | Total Uninstall software with easy
Total Uninstall utility analyze installed programs or monitor new installations to uninstall software completely.www.martau.com
The junk and registry cleaner is related to the uninstaller to check for leftover files/registry entries during previous un-installs without the software.
This is what the advanced scans refers to during un-installing software, where you check for junk (leftover files) and registry entries (leftover registry keys & values)
UPDATE:
Results for second round of tests: Software's used
1. K-Lite codec pack
2. Mozilla Firefox
3. Cuphead game
Softorganizer uninstaller was added to the tests. Glarysoft absolute uninstaller free version was out of contention for the lack of proper advanced scans
Notes:
HiBit & Revo performed really well, and now their difference gets closer. HiBit had better success at uninstalling Google Chrome earlier completely. Geek had an issue with uninstalling Mozilla Firefox as it got stuck twice, but managed to remove a lot of leftover entries through manual scan. In general it performed better than Wise program uninstaller barring this. IObit performs a little better than Wise in these tests but is still stuck at last spot, however their gap in standings reduces a bit. Newly included Soft organizer performs better than Wise & IObit & jumps to 4th spot.
Tests for K-Lite codec pack were worthless. It left no leftover files/registry entries and none of these softwares detected any leftover files/registry entries too. Below are the results after testing with Mozilla Firefox & Cuphead.
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FINAL VERDICT: (small change in standings)
1. HiBit uninstaller
2, Revo uninstaller Free
3. Geek uninstaller Free
4. Soft organizer Free
5. Wise program uninstaller
6. IOBit uninstaller Free
DETAILED TESTS:
Results for second round of tests: Software's used
1. K-Lite codec pack
2. Mozilla Firefox
3. Cuphead game
Softorganizer uninstaller was added to the tests. Glarysoft absolute uninstaller free version was out of contention for the lack of proper advanced scans
Notes:
HiBit & Revo performed really well, and now their difference gets closer. HiBit had better success at uninstalling Google Chrome earlier completely. Geek had an issue with uninstalling Mozilla Firefox as it got stuck twice, but managed to remove a lot of leftover entries through manual scan. In general it performed better than Wise program uninstaller barring this. IObit performs a little better than Wise in these tests but is still stuck at last spot, however their gap in standings reduces a bit. Newly included Soft organizer performs better than Wise & IObit & jumps to 4th spot.
Tests for K-Lite codec pack were worthless. It left no leftover files/registry entries and none of these softwares detected any leftover files/registry entries too. Below are the results after testing with Mozilla Firefox & Cuphead.
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FINAL VERDICT: (small change in standings)
1. HiBit uninstaller
2, Revo uninstaller Free
3. Geek uninstaller Free
4. Soft organizer Free
5. Wise program uninstaller
6. IOBit uninstaller Free
DETAILED TESTS:
1. HiBit Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (106)
C:\Users\Real Illusions\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\*
C:\Program Files\Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (36)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders: None
Leftover Registry Entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\*
CUPHEAD
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry entries (10)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\CUPHEAD
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries - None
2. Revo Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/folders (107)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\*
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (36)
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries -
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry Entries (11)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries - None
3. Geek Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Uninstall hanged in between twice
Had to do manual force removal
Leftover Files/folders (64)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\*
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (3)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders:
None
Leftover Registry Entries:
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry Entries (9)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\Cuphead\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
4. Soft Organizer
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/folders (1)
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders -
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\*
Leftover Registry Entries -
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (3)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry Entries:
None
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
GOOGLE CHROME
Leftovers found
163 files and folders
71 registry entries
1 service driver
Deleted folders (includes all sub-folders)
Deleted registry entries (includes all sub-keys)
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (2)
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\*
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\*
Leftover Registry Entries (4):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\*
5. Wise Program Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (0)
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\*
Leftover Registry entries
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (0)
Leftover Registry entries (1)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\Cuphead\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
6. IOBit Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/folders (92)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\*
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (4)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders -
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\
Leftover Registry Entries -
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry Entries (0)
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (106)
C:\Users\Real Illusions\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\*
C:\Program Files\Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (36)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders: None
Leftover Registry Entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\*
CUPHEAD
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry entries (10)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\CUPHEAD
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries - None
2. Revo Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/folders (107)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\*
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (36)
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries -
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry Entries (11)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries - None
3. Geek Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Uninstall hanged in between twice
Had to do manual force removal
Leftover Files/folders (64)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\*
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (3)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders:
None
Leftover Registry Entries:
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry Entries (9)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\Cuphead\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
4. Soft Organizer
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/folders (1)
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders -
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\*
Leftover Registry Entries -
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (3)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry Entries:
None
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
GOOGLE CHROME
Leftovers found
163 files and folders
71 registry entries
1 service driver
Deleted folders (includes all sub-folders)
Deleted registry entries (includes all sub-keys)
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (2)
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\*
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\*
Leftover Registry Entries (4):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\*
5. Wise Program Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (0)
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\*
Leftover Registry entries
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (0)
Leftover Registry entries (1)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\Cuphead\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
6. IOBit Uninstaller
FIREFOX
DETECTED
Leftover Files/folders (92)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\*
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\*
Leftover Registry entries (4)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{}\*
-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\*
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders -
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\
Leftover Registry Entries -
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MOZILLA\FIREFOX
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\LOCAL SETTINGS\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\SHELL\MUICACHE\*
-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\*
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONROLSET\SERVICES\SHAREDACESS\PARAMETERS\*
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\INTERFACE\{}\*
CUPHEAD
DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders (4)
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Cuphead\*
Leftover Registry Entries (0)
NOT DETECTED
Leftover Files/Folders - None
Leftover Registry Entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\STUDIO MDHR\*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\APPCOMPATFLAGS\COMPATIBILITY ASSISTANT\STORE
Removing remnants of the program being uninstalled is fine, the temptation to remove other items am not so sure.
@jackuars I have a suggestion for your tests. That is to run the Software Health tool in IObit Uninstaller, after cleanup of leftovers is done. Sometimes it finds leftover files and registry keys, that were missed in the scan for leftovers after uninstalling a program.
I just did a scan with the registry cleaner and it found no false positives, so it would have been safe to let it delete everything it found. However, I need to run it on a number if computers and manually check the results, before I deem it to be safe. In any case, there's usually no need to ever clean the registry, so it won't hurt to give it miss.
Can you rank them which is the best and worst each time you test?
Why is that so?
One of the most important features in a uninstaller is the Forced uninstall, you can run a uninstaller that does not clean as good as the best with a regular cleaner and most likely get the same result but you cant replace a good forced uninstaller. Any plans to test that?
I have been running Soft Organizers uninstaller for some time and it is good and i like it but, the forced uninstaller is no good. Revo on the other hand is very competent in that department so overall as an uninstaller it is a better experience.
I used long time ago Ashampoo Uninstaller. Anyone else, here?
Nowadays I am just sticking to default remove apps in W10. Seems to be enough.
Nowadays I am just sticking to default remove apps in W10. Seems to be enough.
Based on many years of experience, using a large number different registry cleaners on tens of computers, I have found the following. I would say that at least 99.9% of the time, cleaning the registry will not make a computer run faster or fix any problems you are experiencing. No matter how many hundreds or even thousands of so called errors, that a registry cleaner finds, it is exceptionally rare for them to be causing any problems or slowing down your computer. As a result, the vast majority of the time, cleaning the registry is a waste of time. No only that, but just about every registry cleaner ever written (except for a few exceptions) has issues with false positives. This means that sometimes they will think that valid registry keys are errors and will want to delete them. Deleting such keys can sometimes cause problems. Even registry cleaners like the one in CCleaner which is widely regarded as being safe, has issues with false positives.
There are occasions when cleaning the registry can fix problems or make your computer run faster, but there are very rare. An example of this is the following. When I'm doing a cleanup on a customer's computer which is running slower than it should, I will clean the registry as a last resort, if after doing my best to diagnose and find the cause of the slowdowns, it is still running slowly. Every time I've done this, the computer has run just as slowly afterwards.
If you use a safe registry cleaner (one which has no issues with false positives), you won't cause any problems. But, on the other hand, most likely you won't fix any problems either.
I used Ashampoo years ago too. I don't like it so much these days. I avoid solely using a programs own uninstaller, as I want to remove any leftovers which could potentially cause issues, as I plan on not doing a clean install of Windows for many years.I used long time ago Ashampoo Uninstaller. Anyone else, here?
Nowadays I am just sticking to default remove apps in W10. Seems to be enough.
However, unless you are regularly installing and uninstalling software, then just using a programs own uninstaller will be fine. The one exception, is security software. After uninstalling an antivirus, download and run the vendor's own removal tool, to ensure that all leftovers are removed. This is very important, as sometimes there will be leftover drivers which can cause issues with other antiviruses, such as slowdowns or even blue screens of death.
That is my experience too but, if you want to reduce the size of your Os over time then cleaning the registry, also, is good. I like it small!
One thing i have noticed is that if you clean the register your Os slows down over time but if you dont, wel,l it stays more as fresh as a newly installed d.o. What is your experience on that?
So i am leaning towards a different behaviour when it comes to "cleaning".
Cleaning the registry will not make any significant difference in disk usage. There are some cases where cleaning the registry can decrease performance, but I believe in general that there won't be any difference.
This has been proven time and again, and these vendors keep selling these like snake oil salesmen.
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Think about it. What kind of OS would it be if casual users had to constantly worry about a "clean" and "optimized" registry, or even know about what a registry is. Why would anyone ever be expected to "optimize" RAM or do any of those other things vendors terrify people with. I have friends who are constantly worried over the state of their OS and whether they have enough protection. I'm glad I don't live like that.
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