A better add remove program for free. (Windows Download)
Freeware application Revo Uninstaller has both an installed version and a portable version for your thumb drives. We used the newest version release on June 17th 2008.
So I hear you all asking : “what does Revo do? Why is it better than the built in Windows Uninstaller?”
If you’ve ever had a piece of malware install itself on your machine, you can probably already answer that question. I hate malware and I hate spyware. Not because it takes time to undo what they have done, or the possible security issues. Well actually yeah I do hate those as well but I am talking about the virtual hoops these companies go through to make sure you CAN’T uninstall or disable their crap-ware.
When you first fire up Revo you will see something similar to this with your icons displayed:
Using Revo in “Hunter” mode is just plain awesome. Hit the hunter button and off you go. You will see a Sniper’s Cross Hair in the upper right hand corner of your screen just drag this to any Icon or open window to see what it really is.
Check it out I hit my Hunter Button and dragged it to my system tray. Amazed as i moused over icons and it told me what they were and where they were running out of. Wow.
Now I stopped on my VNC Viewer as you can see below.
After I release the mouse i get this window:
How cool is this?
And it also has the normal Add/Remove Programs beat on speed, as the list populates and displays SO MUCH faster than your Windows Control Panel. How about some more icing on the cake… After Revo uninstalls something – unleash it and let it track down and find any left over registry keys or fragments.
I am really in awe with this free application and probably have not scratched the surface of it’s true power…
Got any other neat things you use Revo Uninstaller for? Do you have a different favorite application for doing the same thing?
Let us know… In the comments!
August 15, 2008 - 8:31 am
Absolutely my favourite tool on my thumb drive. I refuse to use the windows add/remove since discovering it! Dont miss in the ‘Tools’ section a great startup item manager too, no need for a separate app.
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Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com Reply:
August 15th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Thanks I forgot to mention that as well. I sure hope it stays free!
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kifcaliph Reply:
October 27th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Hello ATA
I want you to ask your about Revo Uninstaller which is suggested in your article http://www.asktheadmin.com/2008/08/a-better-add-remove-program-for-free-windows-download.html. I installed it on a clean virtual windows xp then I found three programs installed (revo uninstaller, webfldrs xp and another unkown app). after I removed the two suspicious apps (webfldrs xp and the other) I tried to check if they are still run on start up or not but I couldn’t run msconfig command. I just want to know and correct me
if I am wrong does it contain a virus.
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August 15, 2008 - 9:18 am
Revo is extremely good. I liked “uninstall tool” a lot for its speed and simplicity but it went shareware. Revo is a lot like it only on steroids. :)
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August 15, 2008 - 9:35 am
Revo Uninstaller is possibly my most favorite application, especially since I like to install/uninstall so many other freeware apps.
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August 16, 2008 - 5:50 am
Interesting…I’ll take a look!
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August 16, 2008 - 3:50 pm
Does this do a more thorough job than the add/remove built into CCleaner + the built-in registry scanner in CCleaner? I really have enough apps on my USB drive and don’t want to download another for no reason.
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October 26, 2008 - 6:04 am
Hello ATA
I want you to tell you something. I installed it on a clean virtual xp then I found three programs installed (revo uninstaller, webfldrs xp and another unkown app). after I removed the two suspicious apps I tried to check if they are still run on start up or not but I couldn’t run msconfig command. I just want to know if I am wrong or not
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Lori Reply:
October 28th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
It’s a part of Windows XP and allows you to upload files to the Internet or your Servers. If you use Internet only for normal surfing, mail checking I suppose u can safely remove it.
Revo is clean.
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kifcaliph Reply:
November 1st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
the other app is called PCHelth when I removed it using revo, I found my self I can’t use “msconfig” command… however when I remove it using registry it doesn’t prevent me from using mscofig which means it isn’t critical…. I am not sure… the following link will show you what really happens http://rapidshare.com/files/159817118/rola.swf … it’s a clean virtual pc and it’s orginal copy of windows
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January 26, 2009 - 10:09 am
Very useful files search engine. Indexoffiles.com is a search engine designed to search files in various file sharing and uploading sites.
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February 26, 2009 - 6:16 pm
Revo is the best I’ve found thus far as well. Isn’t kind of mind boggling that Windows doesn’t have these types of features built-in to their Add/Remove programs?
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Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com Reply:
February 27th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Yeah you would have thought they would have at least improved the add/remove programs a little especially after all the acquiring they have been doing…
Are you listening Redmond??
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March 4, 2009 - 6:57 am
Super! My problem was System Analyzer 7.0 by Iolo. It became corrupt somehow and then I couldn’t uninstall it the usual way. The Iolo site gave long, complicated, registry editing instructions (ugh).
But Revo did the job flawlessly and quickly. I’m knocked out by how good this software is.
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