Serious Discussion Uninstalr 2.0 + a benchmark comparing all the popular Windows uninstallers

[jv16]

Version 2.4 has been released.

The key changes are:

• Greatly improved the uninstallation performance.
• Bug fix: The program could get stuck on uninstalling specific apps, the uninstallation process would simply not proceed.
• Bug fix: The program could report the installation size of some apps wrong.
• Bug fix: The program could crash with an “Out of Memory” error message.

As always, the full Change Log is available here: Uninstalr

To update to the latest version: Simply download the new version from the website: Uninstalr

Please let me know if you have any feedback, thank you!

 

[Tuxedo_McPaws]

Despite all the updates and fixes in Uninstalr 2.0 I no longer get a BSOD when trying to uninstall any app. Instead though When I would normally get a BSOD My PC just locks up completely and requires manually powering off and on. This happens on both my Windows 11 desktop and laptop. BTW I forgot to mention I love jv16 power tools hopefully in the future you will integrate Uninstalr into it??

 

[jv16]

Despite all the updates and fixes in Uninstalr 2.0 I no longer get a BSOD when trying to uninstall any app. Instead though When I would normally get a BSOD My PC just locks up completely and requires manually powering off and on. This happens on both my Windows 11 desktop and laptop. BTW I forgot to mention I love jv16 power tools hopefully in the future you will integrate Uninstalr into it??

I believe this is the same issue you are experiencing: Does running Uninstalr cause BSOD? Read this - Macecraft Software

TLDR: Please uncheck the "Automatically close all running programs" option as a workaround until this issue is fixed.

Uninstalr will be included to jv16 PowerTools as well. I just need to iron out these small issues first.

 

[Tuxedo_McPaws]

I believe this is the same issue you are experiencing: Does running Uninstalr cause BSOD? Read this - Macecraft Software

TLDR: Please uncheck the "Automatically close all running programs" option as a workaround until this issue is fixed.

Uninstalr will be included to jv16 PowerTools as well. I just need to iron out these small issues first.

It works! Thanks! Similar software doesn't bother requesting after cleaning disk drives or uninstalling software (though some software requires a restart anyhow). Modern PCs take very little time to restart so it's no problem but is it fore safety reasons or even possibly a detterant to prevent users from running these tasks too often? The former example is likely silly on my part.

 

[jv16]

It works! Thanks! Similar software doesn't bother requesting after cleaning disk drives or uninstalling software (though some software requires a restart anyhow). Modern PCs take very little time to restart so it's no problem but is it fore safety reasons or even possibly a detterant to prevent users from running these tasks too often? The former example is likely silly on my part.

Other uninstallers don't ask to close running apps because other uninstallers don't really care that much about the uninstallation performance. Uninstalr was designed and implemented to uninstall apps the best way possible, including leaving the least amount of leftovers. In Windows, it's generally speaking not possible to delete a file if it is being accessed by any running process. Therefore, closing any running third party apps before uninstalling anything is recommended.

 

[Petrovic]

Version 2.5 was released May 30th, 2024.

Improvement: The program can now better detect and close any message popups that might show up during the automated uninstallation process.
Improvement: The program can now better uninstall apps. For example, the last version could leave some files behind when uninstalling Discord.

Fix: Uninstalling anything on some specific systems would cause Windows to show BSOD (blue screen of death) and this forced the system to be restarted. This issue was very rare and did not cause any system damage, simply restarting the computer restored it back to full working order.
Fix: The Settings view contained one setting two times. This was a cosmetic issue.

Known Issues:
1) The program is not fully compatible with screen reader software.
2) Changing the program’s font size from its Settings doesn’t work as well as it should.

 

[harlan4096]

Please, add the URL source, thanks.