Running into the same situation where you never know if all the reg entries are removed, I ran across a little program called REVO Uninstaller. Of the few times I ran it, it worked great for cleaning up the registry.
From: david....@nwea.org To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:14:34 -0800 Subject: RE: Checking for clean removal of application In batch: DIR /S > %TEMP%\Before.TXT Pause Install the app, then uninstall the app DIR /S > %TEMP%\After.TXT Then FC %TEMP%\before.txt %TEMP%\after.txt > %temp%\diff.txt View contents of diff.txt Of course you install and uninstall the app before the AFTER.TXT is created, and %TEMP% can be C:\ or whatever, or leave as is (I think in batch it’s actually %%Temp or something, but you get the idea). David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 6:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Checking for clean removal of application We have an application that installs an agent on a server. We want to test to see how cleanly the agent is removed after uninstalling it. Does it remove all the registry entries, all the files , all the registered DLLs, etc…. Anyone have suggestions for tools to use? I’ve thought of using WinDiff to compare pre and post for the registry, but not sure about the other stuff. Thanks, Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
