Comments on: A free utility uninstalls apps that Add or Remove Programs can't handle

Microsoft's Windows Installer CleanUp Utility also helps you install balky programs that rely on the Windows Installer.

[Riquez-001]

Great. So I need to install extra programs to allow me to uninstall other programs.
Who came up with that idea?

[xtrasico]

Microsoft?

[mpicher]

Probably the same people who spend $5k more for a hybrid to "save on gas".

[phongfreestyle282]

yeah, that sounds ridiculous but true since your uninstaller program hasnt been as effective as you'd like it to be.

[Motyoj]

Sounds like typical Microsoft woes. If you're a home user, I would either wipe Windows off the computer and install Linux and use Open Office or get a Mac. Glad to be finally Microsoft free. It's been a year since using Windows and I haven't missed it a bit. Especially after reading about users that gleefully *upgraded* to Vista. Now if I had only kept my Apple stock instead of buying Microsoft...

[DraconumPB]

Oh yes. EVERYTHING is easy in Linux. At least in Windows I don't have to spend hours trying to figure out how in the heck to INSTALL an application. While distros are getting better, Windows has been much easier to use than Linux for the desktop for quite some time now. Sure, if you're just using it for Office stuff or the web, it's fantastic, but I tend to doubt that anything interesting can be done on Linux most of the time outside of the datacenter.

I guess I'm just complaining because I hate GIMP and most music production software (-laugh-) that is available for Linux, and getting said music software to even work on the various distros I tried was a nightmare (fedora and knoppix, and one other that I don't recall).

Having trouble installing Office (which was something that was ultimately easily taken care of) is also NO reason to go buy a whole new computer, which is what buying a Mac necessarily entails; though I can't say it'd be bad to get one. I just hate the phrase "get a Mac". I'll do that when you give me a thousand bucks, thanks.

[qwerty75]

Hours to install an app?

I guess pushing a button or two is challenging for Windows users...

[mojo60754]

good day. Dell software support use,s this tool to remove printer programs in XP

[john55440]

On my next computer, I will be upgrading from Office XP/2002 to Office 2007.

Can I install the upgrade version of Office 2007, without installing the old Office XP/2002 first? In other words, when I install Office 07, will it ask for an Office XP disk or serial number, rather than requiring that Office XP be physically installed on the computer?

If I can do that, it would eliminate any new vs old Office software conflicts.

[doreilly]

You should be able to upgrade to Office 2007 without needing your Office XP installation CD, though the Office XP apps will likely remain on the PC. In the past I would've said this is no problem, but after my recent problems with Outlook 2007 I'm not so sure.

There's another issue with Office 2007 running on XP machines: Some features in the new programs are designed to work with Vista specifically. One of these is the inking feature I talked about earlier this week. I'm going to do a post--probably next week--on what you lose when you run Office 2007 apps on XP vs. using them on a Vista PC.

[Timcal]

I've used the program before. It worked great. I had to take out Adobe reader 6 cause it would not uninstall and I could not install Adobe reader 8 cause it said that I had to uninstall 6 first. I was stuck.

[pbbt]

Does this program allow you to only uninstall one program at a time, or does it mess with every program that it lists?? I need to uninstall Windows Defender.

Thanks.

[tobiusb]

This looks like the program I am looking for BUT? how do you load a program when Windows Install will not allow you to install it???? Another Microsoft BOO! BOO!.
I am stuck here - can't uninstall - can't install to cleanup to uninstall any program - grrrr
Tobius