Uninstaller - 1.14

This app is a true uninstaller as it gives you a complete record of any files added after you run a new program for the first time. Other programs which claim to find and delete the files associated with a program simply don't find them all. That's because Uninstaller takes a snapshot of your disk prior to your running a program the first time, and compares it to the disk state afterwards.

However, this approach requires a little more work than the passive app deleters, but not much. The most important point is that you have to use Uninstaller the FIRST time you run a new program. A month after the fact won't work. The procedure is basically very simple: 1) Start Uninstaller and hit the "Save" button to take a snapshot of your hard disk or home folder; 2) start the new program you want to try out for the first time, then quit that program; 3) open Uninstaller again and hit the "compare" button. Uninstaller will give you a list of any files or folders added; 4) if you wish, delete the files and folders right away, or go to the File menu > Save List, and your list can be stored for later deletion.

Usually after step 1, I either minimize Uninstaller or hide it (command-H) until I am ready to do step 3. This keeps it out of the way, but still running.

Uninstaller has many other features but this basic approach is all one really needs to keep track of programs you've installed. It's particularly necessary if you try out of a lot of shareware or demos and don't want the detritus from them lying around on your hard drive forever.

Other app deleters just don't do as complete a job in my experience. I've compared several of them head-to-head with Uninstaller and Uninstaller often lists files not found by the others, including invisible files (which Uninstaller shows in red).

As for the documentation, it is a bit hard to follow sometimes, and not helped by the fact that it is written with Frenglish grammer. But the basic idea is easy to grasp and there is always tech support if you get stuck.

Version Tracker Pro is proposing to replace the uninstaller for Missing Sync with this general purpose shareware uninstaller. No! Wrong!

Version Tracker Pro must be watched very carefully.

I have tested most of the so called uninstallers and i must say this is the only software that finds everything. all others do not find hidden files and leave files behind.

On the other hand, i think it is a little to complex to all the time exclude files not related to the install. I have lots of excluded files in my list by now.

Would be nice if there were some predefined list. Still i think this is a great software so i have payed for it.

One feature i miss is the ability to add more items to an existing log.

Also i have to scan, save state twice each time i exclude something which is a bit to overkill.

There is some room for improvments still but overall a great software.

Thanks for the explanations. They are much appreciated. What would I do if I installed Program XYZ but wanted to - several months later, after having installed seven additional applications - remove Program XYZ? I had been trying to get Uninstaller to find Program XYZ's installation files for deletion without finding the post-installation save. I thought by doing a search, Uninstaller, if it had been run before and after Program XYZ's installation, could find all the files for me. Do I have to find the post-installation save of Program XYZ? Is that it?

1) Open Uninstaller, select your HD, click "Scan item" in the toolbar, once done click "Save state"
2) Install your new app, use it, create documents, etc...
3) Open Uninstaller select your HD click "Scan item" again, wait the scan to complete
Now Uninstaller shows you, in one window, all the New, Modified and Removed files between step 1) and 3)
Select all the New files and click the "Delete items" icon.
That's all.