Program: Revo Uninstaller
Price: Freeware
Site: www.revouninstaller.com
Description: Alternate uninstaller utility
The Revo Uninstaller from VS Revo Group is one of the most helpful utilites out there. Okay picture this: you’re doing a tuneup and you come across an old program that the client wants you to remove. You try using Add or Remove Programs (or Programs and Features in Vista) and the program does not uninstall. You try going into the programs directory and using the uninstaller directly…and nothing happens.
That’s where Revo Uninstaller comes in. It also tries to use the uninstaller included with the program you want to remove but when that fails it goes much deeper. It actually scans the computer for files that belong to the app you want to remove and removes them itself. It also removes that programs entries from the registry.
An example: I tried to remove a program called Comodo Antispam from a clients computer. I launched the included uninstaller but after it finished Comodo was still there! So I grabbed a copy of Revo Uninstaller and in about 3-5 minutes the application was gone!
Highly recommended. It’s fast, effective and easy to use.