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AppZapper

AppZapper

Remove apps via drag-and-drop feature.

Version:  1.8.0

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Wish we didn't need this...

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Contributed by: starion Monday, June 05 2006 @ 10:23 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Have Not Tried

Recommend Product: YES

The only reason apps like this exist is because of a software developers failure to provide an uninstaller program, or at the very least, a readme document that tells you how to remove the program completely and where all the files will reside.

I personally am reluctant to install any software of late if I don't see an uninstaller option in the installer program, or above mentioned readme document.

Is there not a programming standard of some sort that the details of installed files are kept somewhere in the program so that deletion could be standard?   

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Wish we didn't need this... - Paolo Cordone

>I personally am reluctant to install any software of late if
>I don't see an uninstaller option in the installer program,
>or above mentioned readme document.

I feel the same, but have found a great tool in Pacifist. In fact, I now never run an installer, until I have inspected its content with Pacifist. Give it a try, you'll like it.

Paolo

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Monday, June 05 2006 @ 02:19 PM PDT


Wish we didn't need this... - Paolo Cordone

>I personally am reluctant to install any software of late if
>I don't see an uninstaller option in the installer program,
>or above mentioned readme document.

I feel the same, but have found a great tool in Pacifist. In fact, I now never run an installer, until I have inspected its content with Pacifist. Give it a try, you'll like it.

Paolo

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Monday, June 05 2006 @ 02:22 PM PDT