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Clean Uninstalling of Applications – Test Tool Candidate 1 November 18, 2009

Revo Uninstaller Portable, this portable application can identify leftover uninstalled information, in the form of files, folders and registry entries. It also has a number of other useful feature as a window’s utility.

As a test tool, one can use the information to create issue reports, detailing the information that was not uninstalled.

Revo Uninstaller Portable

Image 1 - Revo Uninstaller Portable

For example uninstalling the application Yahoo! Toolbar has 246 leftover Registry items and 6 leftover files and folders. This potentially could lead to issues when installing different versions of the application on the same machine. (more…)