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[eL_PuSHeR]

razz, on 14 May 2012 - 10:05 AM, said:

Not sure what you mean by medium.  I use the advanced mode as shown below:

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My bad. I meant the MODERATE option. Advanced seems a bit tricky. Is it safe enough to use?

[Andavari]

eL_PuSHeR, on 15 May 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

Advanced seems a bit tricky. Is it safe enough to use?

Not really  "tricky" but depending upon what you're uninstalling it can show more than I'm willing to look through, and some of what it can/may/will show could have nothing to do with the software you're removing - i.e.; Advanced option digs deep, too deep for me. That's why I use the Moderate option as it will typically only show left-overs from the actual software that's being removed.

[Alan_B]

Andavari, on 15 May 2012 - 12:34 PM, said:

Not really  "tricky" but depending upon what you're uninstalling it can show more than I'm willing to look through, and some of what it can/may/will show could have nothing to do with the software you're removing - i.e.; Advanced option digs deep, too deep for me. That's why I use the Moderate option as it will typically only show left-overs from the actual software that's being removed.

Advanced has not dug too deep for me,
but I have probably not used it more than one or two dozen times and I have a partition image backup file to fall back on before I risk it.

[eL_PuSHeR]

Thanks guys.

[DennisD]

Interesting find hazel although I've used Revo for too long to start trying to come to terms with something different.

Always used Advanced mode myself. (I'm hard as nails)

[razz]

Would have responded sooner but I haven't been online.  Like I said earlier, I've never had any problems with Advanced mode - perhaps I've been lucky but I've used it many many times.  I gather that Dennis hasn't had any issues either or no doubt he would have mentioned it.

[Andavari]

Depends upon what you installed really. If you've installed something that puts a bunch of stuff in the registry, steals filetypes like media players, etc., then uninstall it with Revo what Revo then lists can be very time consuming to go through - like an over-aggressive registry cleaner with hundreds of items listed. It doesn't do that with everything such as removing an app that puts very little in the registry.

[DennisD]

I used to take that extra bit of care when uninstalling something like an Adobe program, back in the day when I had Adobe software installed.

Extra care was needed simply because of the number of shared components, including registry entries, and I still always open and check through the various branches of the displayed "tree" structure when uninstalling any program, which I maybe should have mentioned.

Fortunately with most software this is pretty quick and straightforward.

[razz]

DennisD, on 31 May 2012 - 04:14 PM, said:

I still always open and check through the various branches of the displayed "tree" structure when uninstalling any program

I do the same.  I do agree that some massive entry programs would be tricky.

[Corona]

I remember uninstalling QuickTime using the Advanced option. I made sure I only clicked on any file with .qt in its name. Took me about 45 minutes to sort through all it found.

And yes, deleting 'shared' files can easily screw many things up.