COMODO Programs Manager 1.3.2.21 Public Release

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Same as Revo Uninstaller…
When it asks you to reboot, simply answer No and finish the procedure with CPM.

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Don’t know Revo but yes, I know now to always answer No to “reboot now?”.

I have used Ashampoo Uninstaller in the past, which is extraordinarily time-consuming in its uninstalls:

  1. Take a complete system snapshot including AFAICT registry settings
  2. Install the program in question
  3. Take another system snapshot and compare the two, the difference is what the newly installed program did

Takes a long time, and you’d better not have any programs making system or registry changes or this utility will deep-six those when uninstalling again the program it monitored here.

I’d really love to see an explanation of how CPM monitors an installation. I’d also like to see a CPM feature (future enhancement?) which would show you exactly what changes the app made to your HDD.

Hmmm I just went to look at the uninstall log and it’s gone. At least, I know I’ve seen it before but I can’t find it now. Shouldn’t it be in the program dir along with AppInfoLog.txt?

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Hi,

You could answer ‘yes’ as well, the application will appear as ‘partially uninstalled’ next time you open CPM.

Maybe you can find this post useful.

The enhancement will be added in the future releases. Until then, you can make a workaround by checking the ‘Force Uninstall’ option from the ‘Settings’ tab. This will skip the build-in uninstaller and the files and registry that are for removal will be shown to the user. You can then 'Cancel ’ the uninstall operation.

Thank you.

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I’d seen that AA but it doesn’t explain how CPM knows what registry changes are being made for example. Oh well, I don’t really need to know how CPM performs its magic I guess, so long as it works!

The enhancement will be added in the future releases. Until then, you can make a workaround by checking the 'Force Uninstall' option from the 'Settings' tab. This will skip the build-in uninstaller and the files and registry that are for removal will be shown to the user. You can then 'Cancel ' the uninstall operation.
Excellent, I will take a look!

Many thanks for your reply! :-TU