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Table of Contents
- Overview
- User Interface
- Uninstaller
- Hunter Mode
- Tools
- 5.1. AutoRun Manager
- 5.2. Junk Files Cleaner
- 5.3. Windows Tools
- 5.4. Browsers Cleaner
- 5.5. Microsoft Office Cleaner
- 5.6. Windows Cleaner
- 5.7. Evidence Remover
- 5.8. Unrecoverable Delete
- Options
- 6.1. General
- 6.2. Uninstaller
- 6.3. Junk Files Cleaner
1.Overview
Revo Uninstaller helps you to uninstall software and remove unwanted programs installed on your computer even if you have problems uninstalling and cannot uninstall them from "Windows Add or Remove Programs" ( or “Programs and Features” ) control panel applet.
Revo Uninstaller is a much faster and more powerful alternative to "Windows Add or Remove Programs" applet!
With its advanced and fast algorithm, Revo Uninstaller analyzes an application's data before uninstall and scans after you uninstall an application. After the program's regular uninstaller runs, you can remove additional unnecessary files, folders and registry keys that are usually left over on your computer. Even if you have a broken installation, Revo Uninstaller scans for an application's data on your hard disk drives and in the Windows registry and shows all found files, folders and registry keys so you can delete them.
There are tens of thousands of applications that leave a lot of unused data such as registry entries, files and folders in your computer. Not all registry keys left in your computer are errors, and the third party registry cleaners cannot detect them. Leftover registry keys in combination with leftover files make the registry cleaner's job impossible. Revo Uninstaller helps you to remove the leftover registry keys, files and folders after uninstalling an application.
With its unique "Hunter mode", Revo Uninstaller offers you some simple, easy to use, but effective and powerful methods for uninstalling software. You can use it to manage your installed and/or running software programs.
Revo Uninstaller gives you another 8 handy and powerful tools to clean up your system.
Here is the list of the tools and utilities included in Revo Uninstaller:
AutoRun Manager - Stop programs that start automatically on Windows startup; speed up loading of Windows!
Windows Tools Manager - Handy and useful tools bundled with every version of Windows; easily find useful system tools and options!
Junk Files Cleaner - Find and remove unnecessary files from your computer; free up disk space and delete files you do not need!
2.User Interface
The main window of Revo Uninstaller is divided on few user interface components. It switches between the Uninstaller view and Tools view.
The main toolbar is located on the top of the Window. It contains some of the main features of Revo Uninstaller and the available commands for the current active tool.
On the bottom of the main window is the “Status Bar”. Depending on the active tool it can show some additional information.
Above the “Status Bar” is the “Description Panel”. It shows some common information about the active tool.
In the middle part of the main window is shown the active tool. There could be only one active and visible tool at a given moment.
3.Uninstaller
When Revo Uninstaller is started, its main window fills with the programs installed on your computer. Depending on your options, other items such as system updates or system components may also be listed. Depending on the view option, programs are shown as Icons, List, and with Details such as Name, Size, Version, Installation Date, Company, Comment, Uninstall String, Registry Key and Website. From the uninstaller toolbar you can change the way that the list of applications may be viewed. A fast and simple way to change that view is to click on the View button. Alternatively, you can use the drop-down button and click on the little arrow on its right side. This will show you the menu with all view options - Icon , List and Details.
Safe - performs additional scan in the Registry and on the hard drive to find leftover items that are safe to delete. This is the fastest mode. Moderate - includes the Safe mode and performs an extended scan to find all of the application's leftover information in the most common places of the Registry and on the hard drive Advanced - includes the Moderate mode and performs a deep and thorough scan to find all of the application's leftover information in the Registry and on the hard drive. This is the slowest mode.
Revo Uninstaller will create a system restore (if not disabled in Options) and then Revo Uninstaller will run the built-in uninstaller of the uninstalled program. Revo Uninstaller is not directly involved in that part of the uninstall process. If errors occur during this initial uninstall process, contact the author or provider of the application! Or you can ignore the error message and press Next button of the wizard to continue the uninstall procedure with Revo Uninstaller
After you have finished the uninstall with the built-in uninstaller, you have to press Next button to continue the uninstall process with Revo Uninstaller. Note that the built-in uninstaller may show up behind other open windows and you may need to switch between windows by using Alt+Tab keyboard keys – press and hold Alt key and then press Tab.
Pressing Next button will trigger scanning for leftovers and to see the results you will have to press the Next button again after the scanning process is completed. Revo Uninstaller first shows you found leftover Registry items. Registry keys and values found as created by
the uninstalled program are in bold! Not bold keys are considered as not created by the uninstalled program. You can also check mark them but they will not be deleted! They have check mark options just because it is easier to select the top parent and automatically its sub items are check marked – no need to go through all sub items and check mark them separately. So, whatever you check mark, when you press Delete button check marked bold items only are going to be deleted, even when Select All button is used.
Revo Uninstaller has advanced algorithms to find leftovers related only to the uninstalled program. In some cases these algorithms, especially Advanced uninstall mode, could list some items related to another program. It could happen, but NOT necessarily (not always), when you have installed two or more versions of a program, for example Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Photoshop CS4. In this case the user can distinguish the leftovers. It also could happen if you want to uninstall only a component of a big software package (i.e. a component of Microsoft Office). In that case Revo Uninstaller could list the rest of the components as leftovers, because they are installed in the same folder and Revo Uninstaller could not distinguish them (Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc). It is better Revo Uninstaller to be used to remove the whole package instead of a component.
Revo Uninstaller also has safety algorithms and will NOT list some leftovers if it decides that deleting these leftovers will harm your system. So, it does a better job than Windows Add or Remove Programs applet and the built-in uninstaller of the application you want to uninstall, but still may miss something due to safety and the uninstall mode you choose - Advanced, Moderate, Safe.
4.Hunter Mode
Hunter mode is an innovative and flexible feature of Revo Uninstaller, which gives you ability with one click to uninstall, stop or delete only by aiming applications icon on the desktop, quick launch toolbar, system tray or opened application. This can be very useful because a lot of applications are loading on start up and stay in the system tray without your agreement or you don’t even know which that application there is.
When you press “Hunter mode” button on the main toolbar of Revo Uninstaller current window will disappear and a small blue target window will appear at the right upper corner of your screen. Hunter mode is now activated.
Another mode available when Revo Uninstaller is in Hunter mode is Drag and Drop mode. Using it you can uninstall, stop or delete applications just by drag and drop their shortcut icons over the fire window of Revo Uninstaller. This is a very fast way for you to uninstall if your desktop is full of icons and you don’t want to lose time browsing a long list of installed applications to find and uninstall them.
There are some main options in Hunter mode, which are available on its context menu (right-mouse click): Open main window – open Revo Uninstaller’s main window and exits Hunter mode; Hunter mode – if there is a check mark in front this option hunter mode is activated. Select it to activate that mode; Drag and Drop mode – if there is a check mark in front this option Drag and Drop mode is activated. Select it to activate that mode; Auto Start with Windows – sets Hunter Mode to start automatically on Windows startup; Window's size – there are three available size of current window – Small, Middle and Large; Transparency - sets the Hunter Mode window’s transparency – 50% by default; Help – opens current help page; EXIT – exit Revo Uninstaller;
To operate in Hunter Mode you have to do the following steps:
- Press the left mouse button over the blue target window and hold it pressed
- Move the mouse over an item supported by Hunter mode (desktop shortcut, open window, icon etc.), while doing this, a tool tip is shown with information about the application you will select if you release the button
- Release the left mouse button and a menu will show up
- Select desired command from that menu:
Uninstall – start the uninstall of selected application with Revo Uninstaller; Stop Auto Starting – disable the application from auto start when Windows starts; Kill – stop the application; Kill and Delete – stop and delete the application; Open Containing Folder - open a new instance of Windows Explorer and explore the directory, where the application is located; Search at Google for - use it to search with Google for the application name, file name or the company name - producer of selected application. This command will open your default web browser and load the result of current search in the Google web site; Properties - show application's executable file's properties; Cancel – cancel the operation;
Drag and Drop mode – to operate in Drag and Drop mode you have to do the following steps:
- Press the left mouse button over an icon on the desktop or quick launch toolbar and hold it pressed.
- Drag the mouse over the window with burning flame.
- Release the left mouse button and a menu appears showing you available commands.
- Select desired command: Uninstall – start the uninstall of selected application with Revo Uninstaller; Stop Auto Starting – disable the application from auto start when Windows start; Kill – stop the application; Kill and Delete – stop and delete the application useful if the application is not installable; Open Containing Folder - open a new instance of Windows Explorer and explore the directory, where the application is located; Search at Google for – use it to search with Google for the application name, file name or the company name - producer of selected application. This command will open your default web browser and load the result of current search in the Google web site; Properties - show application's executable file's properties; Cancel – cancel the operation;
5.1. AutoRun Manager
Auto Run Manager allows you to manage auto running programs on Windows startup. With this tool you can not only enable or disable applications from auto starting on Windows startup but also you can get more information about a particular application which is set to run when Windows starts. You can get information about the publisher of the auto starting program, its description, its launch path - where it is saved on your computer or the status of the application - if it's running or not. If this information is not enough to decide whether to enable or disable the program from auto starting, you can get more information about the publisher and the executable file name directly from Google with just one right-mouse click.
When you buy a brand new computer it has no or few applications which are loaded at Windows startup. During the time when you install new applications to your PC some of these applications are installed as auto starting on Windows startup. You can see some of them in the "system tray" (near the clock) as small icons. Often such applications are messengers, adware, advertisement programs and applications you do not need to start automatically.
When an application is started it takes resources such as RAM, CPU time. The amount of these resources depends on started applications, but no matter how much memory and resources it takes when the number of started applications is bigger the slower is your computer. Some applications as anti-virus, firewalls and system programs must be started on Windows startup to keep your system running smoothly and without problems. Get information for an auto running program as much as possible and decide to enable or disable it.
The most common task you would like to do is to disable/enable an application from auto starting when the Windows operation system is started. This can be done with a single click; all you have to do is to uncheck/check the check box in front of the application.
There are several commands you can use in AutoRun Manager: Run - You can run an application, which status is “NOT RUNNING” just by selecting the application in the list of applications and press “Run” button on the toolbar. Kill - You can stop an application, which status is “RUNNING” just by selecting the application in the list of applications and press “Kill” button on the toolbar Remove - If you want to remove an application from the list and prevent its auto loading when Windows is starting then you have to select the application and press “Remove” button from the toolbar. Note that it is better to uncheck mark it only, because in that way it will be removed from startup but will remain in the list of AutoRun Manager so you can check mark it again if you need it in future.
There are more commands which you can execute over a selected application: Run Process - run selected application; Kill Process - stop selected application; Search at Google for - use it to search with Google for the selected start up name, file name, publisher name or description. This command will open your default web browser and load the result of current search in the Google web site; Open containing folder - opens a new instance of Windows Explorer and explore the directory, where the selected application is located; Go to Location - opens "Registry Editor" and open the registry key with auto starting information of selected application; Open Registry Key - opens "Registry Editor" and the registry key with the uninstall information of selected application; Remove selected - remove selected application from the list; Remove all not valid - remove all applications with status "not valid" from the list; Remove all not running - remove all applications with status "not running" from the list; Remove all disabled - remove all disabled applications from the list; Properties - show application's properties;
Delete - after the scan process is completed all found files are loaded in the list with their full path and name and their size. To delete any file of shown press "Delete" button and all checked files will be deleted.
There are more commands which you can execute over selected file(s): Open – open selected file; Search at Google for – use it to search with Google for the name of the selected file. This command will open your default web browser and load the result of current search in the Google web site; Open containing folder - open a new instance of Windows Explorer and explore the directory, where the selected file is located; Properties – show file’s properties; Check all items – set a check in front of all items in the list; Uncheck all items – remove the check in front of all items in the list; Check all selected items - set a check in front of all selected items in the list; Uncheck all selected items - remove the check in front of all selected items in the list;
You can adjust settings on Junk Files Cleaner by pressing “Options” button in the toolbar.
5.3. Windows Tools
There are a lot of handy and useful tools and components bundled with every Windows operating system. Some of them are with complex command line options, others are difficult to access. Windows tools give you a fast - one click - access to more than ten tools of Windows, which you use in your daily work. Almost all of them are included in Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
System Restore
System Restore is a component of Windows operating system that you can use to restore your computer to a previous state, if a problem occurs, without losing your personal data files (such as Microsoft Word documents, browsing history, drawings, favorites, or e-mail). System Restore monitors changes to the system and some application files, and it automatically creates easily identified restore points. These restore points allow you to revert the system to a previous time. They are created daily and at the time of significant system events (such as when an application or driver is installed). You can also create and name your own restore points at any time.
Network Diagnostics
Network Diagnostics is a component of Windows operating system that you can use to gather and display information about your computer hardware and operating system, your internet configuration, and your modem and network adapter configuration. With the Network Diagnostics tool, you can perform a scan of your system and test network connectivity and whether or not your network-related programs and services are functional. It gathers a variety of basic information about the computer system which can be helpful when given to a support person trying to help you troubleshoot your system
Network Information
Network Information use a component of Windows operating system that you can use to display all current TCP/IP network configuration values and refresh Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name System (DNS) settings, Displays the full TCP/IP configuration for all adapters including IP address, MAC address, subnet mask, default gateway, Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) and DNS configuration. Adapters can represent physical interfaces, such as installed network adapters, or logical interfaces, such as dial-up connections.
Security Center
Security Center is a component of Windows operating system that you can use to check the status of your computer for the three security essentials - Firewall, Virus protection
functionality for users with mobility impairments. You also can use On-Screen Keyboard if you think that there is a Key-Logger installed on your PC and all the keys you typed are recorded. On-Screen Keyboard eliminates the possibility of recording typed keys.
Disk Defragmenter
Disk Defragmenter is a component of Windows operating system that analyzes local volumes and consolidates fragmented files and folders so that each occupies a single, contiguous space on the volume. As a result, your system can access files and folders and save new ones more efficiently. By consolidating your files and folders, Disk Defragmenter also consolidates a volume's free space, making it less likely that new files will be fragmented. The process of consolidating fragmented files and folders is called defragmentation. After defragmentation your hard disk drive will be well-arranged and your system will work faster and with ease.
Services
A service is an application type that runs in the background. Service applications typically provide features such as client/server applications, Web servers, database servers, and other server-based applications to users, both locally and across the network. Services is a component of Windows operating system that you can use to:
- Start, stop, pause, resume, or disable a service on remote and local computers. You must have the appropriate permission to start, stop, pause, restart, and disable services.
- Manage services on local and remote computers.
- Set up recovery actions to take place if a service fails, for example, restarting the service automatically or restarting the.
- Enable or disable services for a particular hardware profile.
- View the status and description of each service.
Shared Folders
Shared Folders is a component of Windows operating system that you can use to manage shared resources over a network, control user access permissions, session activity, shared resource properties and to view a summary of connections and resource use for local and remote computers. With Shared Folders, you can:
- Create, view, and set permissions for shared resources.
- View a list of all users who are connected over a network to the computer, and disconnect one or all of them.
- View a list of files that have been opened by remote users, and close one or all of the open files.
Group Policy
Group Policy is a component of Windows operating system that includes policy settings for User Configuration, which affect users, and for Computer Configuration, which affect computers. Group Policy settings define the various components of the user's desktop environment that a system administrator needs to manage, for example, the programs that are available to users, the programs that appear on the user's desktop, and options for the Start menu. To create a specific desktop configuration for a particular group of users, use the Group Policy snap-in.
Add/Remove Windows Components
Add/Remove Windows Components helps you to manage installed Windows components on your computer. After Windows OS is installed on your computer, you can use the Add/Remove Windows Components to add a Windows component that was not included in the original installation, or to remove an existing Windows component that you no longer require.
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running a Windows operating system for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software and helps remove any infection this is found. This malicious software includes viruses, worms and Trojan horses. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including, if any malicious software was detected and removed.
