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Saturday, November 17, 2007

How To Uninstall a Software??

This exercise might seem to be pretty basic and not worth reading. But my experience tells me that the number of people who don’t know this is more than the people who know it. So, this is the post educating them how to perform this simple operation to keep their windows clean and fast.


Why is un-installation of software important?

There are two ways of doing everything right and wrong.

Wrong way to deal with software is to delete all the files of that software manually but that will in all certainty result in:
  • Non deletion of files that were put by software in windows directory
  • Registry entries that were put by software

This can result in slowing down of your windows and even corrupting some files which in turn leads to error in windows or crashing of windows.

Right way to deal with the software is un-installing the software in proper way when you don’t require it further. This will delete the entries made by software in Registry any files that have been put in windows system directory.


To uninstall software there are two ways.
Software un-installer: You can use the un-installer provided by software. To do that


  • Click on Start Menu
  • Locate your program option
  • Click on Un-Install icon provided which should be like
    Just follow the instructions and your software will be un-installed


Using Add/Remove Programs: You can also use utility provided by windows called Add/Remove program which is located in control panel.


You will be able to see all the software’s that have been installed on your system. Just select the software and Click on Un-install this will start a wizard. Just follow the instructions and that software will be removed from your system.

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