When you go about uninstalling programs and application, they are never completely removed, especially if you use the add/remove programs function in windows.
Now most programs do come with a uninstall program, but this too will leave several traces of the program in various places inside the computer. The most harmful places they are left behind are in the registry.
Many programs are designed to be difficult to uninstall, they install additional programs not related to the original product, like toolbars and other applications (these are usually not included in the uninstall file that came with the program and can be hard to remove) and sometimes the developer doesn’t want you to remove their programs and they may work with other programs, like IE8, which is an important component of the OS and cannot be removed by ordinary means.
Most people don’t understand that most programs leave traces of them behind after being uninstalled and just take it for granted that they can use the Windows Add/Remove programs function to uninstall any program found in its list of programs.
This will cause problems on your computer in the long run, as they leave behind invalid registry entries, run obsolete applications in the background which uses up processing power and generally wastes hard drive space.
For example if you try a lot of trial versions of software, and uninstall them, you can be quite sure you have several obsolete files on your computer.
Read about Perfect Uninstaller to completely remove unwanted programs.
One way you can go about fixing the problems left behind by a messy uninstall operation is to restore the windows registry, using a backup made before the uninstallation.
If you have had the program for a long time, or is you are experiencing problems from several uninstalls, having many obsolete leftover program files on your computer, you could try to get rid of the files manually.
But most people are not computer experts, and messing with program files and the registry is risky business and if you mess up, you’ll ruin your computer. So you might want to try dedicated software to handle these things.
One such tool is Perfect Uninstaller.
This program can get rid of programs the add/remove programs in Windows can’t remove, it will delete the registry keys and drivers associated with that program.
It’s great for the removal of antivirus software, which is hard to remove by nature, unwanted toolbars, software that was forced on your computer via a different install and other programs that just keep on coming back no matter how hard you try and remove them.
So give it a try, click on the image below to get your free trial version of the software.
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