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> Additionally, if you’ve ever installed the Zoom client and then uninstalled it, you still have a localhost web server on your machine that will happily re-install the Zoom client for you, without requiring any user interaction on your behalf besides visiting a webpage. This re-install ‘feature’ continues to work to this day.
This is just unacceptable, when users decide to manually uninstall software you're not supposed to leave a form of backdoor to allow an easy and silent reinstall procedure. I would never do business with a company that does or even has a track record of having done this.
Reminder that there are decent tools that will cleanup files "left behind" this way like Bulk Crap Uninstaller (free and open-source) which should prevent most of those problems.
It removes leftover folders and registry entries
If it thinks the removal of some registry entries is dangerous it will warn you
It batch uninstalls programs and also has a "silent mode" that automatically clicks on buttons in the background
Using CCleaner to remove software is like letting snakes in to your house to kill a rat infestation.
I would recommend using software like bcuninstaller. (It's free, Open source and doesn't steal your data)
It is the best allround software when you want to get more information about installed programs, or if a program's uninstaller is not letting you uninstall the program, it's got some other features as well. Highly recommended to people who need such a software. I don't know why it's being downvoted.
This is the official website: https://www.bcuninstaller.com/
There's also a version that you don't have to install. ^^
You can use BCUninstaller. Here . It removes pretty much every single file of that game when you select it, it will recognize that you don't have the game file and remove the others too!
I use this program on a fresh install of windows to remove all the bullshit more rapidly. Lets you do it all at once, minimal restarts. It's free.
Great list! Saving this one.
Also: A great FOSS alternative to Revo Uninstaller would be Bulk Crap Uninstaller. Have used it before and as well as uninstalling programs multiple programs in bulk it also does things like force-uninstall, residue file detection and others.
This is probably something you're going to have to contact Revo themselves for.
https://www.revouninstaller.com/online-manual/registration-and-activation/
You can do that, or just pirate the pro version, a lot of people do that.
Or,
Bulk Crap Uninstaller is a free and open source alternative that probably does most things Revo Uninstaller Pro does.
I agree. I think it comes from the few games, as you said, which shouldn't be there, but can be easily uninstalled. It's as simple as right clicking on the two or three of them and clicking Uninstall. Or you can run any of the myriad of apps that will do it for you (like Bulk Crap Uninstaller).
Then there are people who think that the telemetry that Microsoft has active in order to track/resolve issues means that Microsoft is personally spying on them. As if Microsoft gives a shit what you, specifically you, are doing on your computer. This is besides the point that if you care THAT much, you can disable 99% of it with the hundreds of guides online.
If the software that you use doesn't demand Windows, then by all means use Linux. But this whole, "WINDOWS IS EVIL! EVERYONE SHOULD SWITCH TO LINUX RIGHT NOW!" FUD needs to stop. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.
iCue i believe also causes problem, just disable them if you want to play valorant for now. otherwise check under these directories to look for CPU-Z or run https://www.bcuninstaller.com/ and see if you can uninstall it with this
C:\Windows\Temp
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData
make sure to restart
Hey, I got it to work! I uninstalled Chrome using Bulk Crap Uninstaller, which another user on this thread recommended to me! Here is the download link!
Run BCU and uninstall Chrome using it. When it has completed the uninstall, it will ask you if you want it to search the PC for any remaining data. Allow it to do so, and delete what it finds. After that is completed, restart the PC and reinstall Chrome fresh!
Instructions from /u/DasRaw!
I hope this works for you man!
Thanks, you got it. Second time was the charm. Complete uninstall (neglected to remove the Brave %AppData% files/folders first go around), once I was confident I had cleared all the files -- even grabbed portable version of Bulk Crap Uninstaller to double-check my work. Rebooted, reinstalled a freshie version of Brave browser, imported bookmarks from my HTML file backup and now working on configuring things again.
Thankfully it's just a browser re-install and not a complete OS overhaul. That I've been semi in need of, now that it's been 2+ years with this same Win10 Pro install, could use a freshening up, but I'm lazy.
Try Iobit Unlocker, it should override any file permissions and allow you to do whatever you want with it. If it keeps coming back though it's possible that another program, process or service keeps remaking it. You can try some ways to identify which program created it and then uninstall it. If you can't uninstall it, try using Bcuninstaller which should also clean any residual files. Otherwise try to use Iobit unlocker on the whole folder containing the installation of the program and manually delete it.
For ME, the safest way to uninstall that crap is to use https://www.bcuninstaller.com/
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>Bulk Crap Uninstaller (in short BCUninstaller or BCU) is a free (as in speech and beer) bulk program uninstaller with advanced automation. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal to no user input, while requiring next to no technical knowledge.
It can detect most applications and games (even portable or not registered), clean up leftovers, force uninstall, automatically uninstall according to premade lists, and much more.
I remove ~25 apps/programs I do not want... EAZY-PEAZY.
"Bulk Crap Uninstaller (in short BCUninstaller or BCU) is a free (as in speech and beer) bulk program uninstaller with advanced automation. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal to no user input, while requiring next to no technical knowledge.
It can detect most applications and games (even portable or not registered), clean up leftovers, force uninstall, automatically uninstall according to premade lists, and much more."
"Bulk Crap Uninstaller is licensed under Apache 2.0 open-source license..."
I use this to uninstall about 30 apps when I do a clean rebuild of my Win 10 machine.
Try using BCUninstaller (github source repo here).
I tried using OCR on your image to get the software name and translate it, but could only extract ロ辭 from your image (which looks wrong anyway since the box character is not the same size), which translates to "Rhetoric". Does that help?
Also, the reported size is irrelevant. The size reported there can be the total size of the software files according to their file metadata or what that particular software's uninstaller executable reports to the OS, which may or may not be the actual size on the software on disk.
As an example, if you torrent videos, when the download starts and you download 1 piece, if you hover and check the file size in Explorer, it will say the file size it's supposed to be post completion, but if you right-click and go to properties, you'll size that the "Size" and "Size on disk" are vastly different.
BCUninstaller lets you view the directory where the software/uninstaller is located.
Try restarting your pc. If that doesn't work try going into task manager and manually closing any processes related to epic games.
If the two options above don't work try uninstalling the launcher with BCU
Can you uninstall it via the Windows Programs & Features?
Or the uninstall.exe in The Hunter folder?
Since you have no Epic Games, you could uninstall the whole Epic app.
Try Bulk Crap Uninstaller. It is free and open source, no bloat, I think there is a portable option too.
>Hello, basically the title says it all. Is there a difference in these two uninstallation ways?
No, it's the same thing.
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>Like will there be files left over from a given program that has been uninstalled with either of these options?
It's Windows. Of course there will be shit all over the place, including the Registry. From me +1 for BCU.
Bulk Crap Uninstaller https://www.bcuninstaller.com/
I have this on an usb flash drive, when I am resetting/cleaning laptops. It helps me uninstall all the software the previous owner had on it, can uninstall quietly or manually. Once uninstalled it scans for leftover files/folders/registry and lets you remove it.
It has a pretty nice interface.
I install it via Chocolatey Package Manager or you can just download it.
Very useful and powerful.
Get rid of crap:
Bulk Crap Uninstaller https://www.bcuninstaller.com
You can use the Windows 10 debloater script.. but make a complete system recovery on an external HDD once in case things go wrong.
https://hetmanrecovery.com/recovery_news/how-to-create-image-backup-copy-windows-10.htm
https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater
You can also use BCDEdit to optimize the boot sequence in Windows 10, but that has gone out of fashion as SSDs have been so fast.
Probably has spyware on it. Be careful OP. Schools've been known to suspend students by using info they got while spying on them.
Use this to see what kind of crap is already installed there. Check startup too
Here is the website, there is also a video there to help you. I believe there is an opinion in the software were you can only show the programs that are install on your computer, and that it the basic setup.
https://www.bcuninstaller.com
I used Bulk Crap Uninstaller to completely remove the driver install. then after a reboot, Instead of manually downloading the latest driver like I'd usually do, I used the official "Auto-Detect and Install Updates for Radeon" tool and just let that install whatever it felt like it needed.
Bulk Crap Uninstaller also works pretty good and is open-source, though you should double-check the directories/registry keys that it detects and wants to delete before fully uninstalling the programs.
I managed to get Crysis uninstalled through a program I have called BCUninstaller (Bulk Crap Uninstaller). https://www.bcuninstaller.com/ This even scans for any leftover files in your system and removes them.
Usually the Windows 10 uninstaller is enough to uninstall programs, but in some cases if I get into some issues (usually with old app installers), I use Bulk Crap Uninstaller to remove them.
For cleaning temps I use System Ninja.
I personally recommend Bulk Crap Uninstaller or BCU as it’s completely free, open source, and comes with lots of more advanced features. It may not look as pretty but it’s easy to get a hang of and works flawlessly.
Use Bulk Crap Uninstaller, it's free and open source
> What is Bulk Crap Uninstaller? > > Bulk Crap Uninstaller (in short BCUninstaller or BCU) is a free (as in speech and beer) bulk program uninstaller with advanced automation. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal to no user input, while requiring next to no technical knowledge. > > It can detect most applications and games (even portable or not registered), clean up leftovers, force uninstall, automatically uninstall according to premade lists, and much more.
Use Bulk Crap Uninstaller, it's free and open source
> What is Bulk Crap Uninstaller? > > Bulk Crap Uninstaller (in short BCUninstaller or BCU) is a free (as in speech and beer) bulk program uninstaller with advanced automation. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal to no user input, while requiring next to no technical knowledge. > > It can detect most applications and games (even portable or not registered), clean up leftovers, force uninstall, automatically uninstall according to premade lists, and much more.
3rd party antivirus software is mostly trash these days. They’re more annoying and resource-heavy than actually needed and useful. They were mandatory several years ago (Windows 7 era), but the times have changed.
Don’t renew the license for Kaspersky, delete the Kaspersky account and uninstall the app. Stick with the built-in Windows Defender.
Since uninstalling software in Windows often leaves a lot of unneeded hidden traces of a given app, you can use Bulk Crap Uninstaller (open source tool) to fully get rid of Kaspersky.
That makes sense but ugh... I see the legal reason why OEMs should be allowed to pre-install but I think it's awful from a consumer perspective. IMO that's going to turn phone ownership into a massive nightmare.
OEMs and carriers will partner with 3rd parties to pre-install every shitty store and app that they can on your phone to increase their margins and drive down the cost of the phone.
Imagine buying a phone that not only comes with Verizon's garbage software but ALSO comes pre-installed with apps from their partners...
That's exactly what happened when Microsoft lost their anti-trust case and had to start letting OEM's pre-install software on Windows PCs. Now we have stuff like PC Decrapifier or Bulk Crap Uninstaller because OEMs pre-install so much garbage.
In this case we don't even have the option to build our own phone and I think it's unlikely that a factory reset would wipe out the OEM or carrier installed apps.
Uninstall ASUS Armoury Crate/ROG Live Service/Related ASUS ROG stuff with this uninstaller https://www.bcuninstaller.com/ (after uninstalling the programs it also allows you to remove registry leftovers which is in this case you really need to do it. Believe me I spent hours banging my head on the wall with my Gladius 2, because ASUS does not know how to code a proper uninstaller and thus it leaves a lot of junk behind that will affect the next reinstallation.) Then simply reinstall, start by ROG Live Service then Armoury Crate. Download ROG Live Service and Armoury crate from the drivers site of your notebook, don’t use the mouse’s drivers
Have you tried using Driver Store Explorer? It can force delete the aura driver if there's left over, also check out BC Uninstaller another open source awesome force delete software that searches for leftovers
Don't overcomplicate things. Those mentioning PowerShell and/or wipe and reload are out of their fucking mind, I expect this to be a one-time thing and/or something you do on an ad-hoc basis.
Bulk Crap Uninstaller. Open Source, uninstalls everything under the sun, does post-uninstall cleanups and most impressively of all, it silently uninstalls almost any installer, even if it's not MSI based.
I don't even want to sell BCUninstaller, I just don't think you should reinvent an uninstaller in PowerShell, or wipe-and-load. Use any bulk uninstaller for all I care.
If you uninstall McAfee, you'll get rid of them completely.
You can use BCuninstaller to bulk uninstall a load of shite you might have preloaded on the computer as well.
I looked through the log you posted in an earlier post. If it's the same one, it looks pretty normal at a glance. Looks like pretty much all of them come from something called Bulk Crap Uninstaller. If there are any specific instances you'd like explained let me know.
Yeah you have leftover registry keys and maybe even other stuff. You’ll want to use something better than default add/remove programs such as my favorite: https://www.bcuninstaller.com/
BCUninstaller will detect these remnant registry files as well as junk leftover in appdata.
Then once you’ve properly uninstalled Diablo you can reinstall. Select a folder outside the default path. I install to the “My Documents” folder but anywhere under your name (C:\Users\yourname) should be fine.
Hello there!
If it's detected on another scan, may want to go through your programs and see if anything is suspicious to you, if it comes from your browser may want to uninstall it using BCU (https://www.bcuninstaller.com/) and reinstalling your browser.
If nothing, run Malwarebytes: https://imgur.com/a/FOIa1E4
Finally, a chance to talk about Bulk Crap Uninstaller. I live and breathe by this program. You can mass uninstall programs, delete files and registry keys that are left behind, and even nuke programs from orbit that don't appear in Windows' programs list. Best of all, it's completely open source. Even if your computer does not come with a bunch of pre-bundled crap, I use this exclusively to uninstall programs.
Hmm.. maybe try this utility: https://www.bcuninstaller.com
Just have it as a standalone in a folder on your desktop. It removes everything when uninstalling programs. Not sure if it works when you already removed something though.
Not so much a VMware issue, but - is this on Windows, ie Workstation and the like?
The uninstall process sometimes goes south on Windows (not with VMware stuff only, but I mean in general.)
https://www.revouninstaller.com/ can force an uninstall, and clean up the registry entries and such as the last step of the process.
Also, https://www.bcuninstaller.com/ may help for some situations.
Both these tools can be used to do real damage to your Windows install, if you get a little too frisky with your choices. Fair warning.
But Revo has saved my butt numerous times.
iobit is known to contain adware (more precisely the BrowseFox one).
Bulk Crap Uninstaller as already advised by someone before me may be the best good alternative : it’s open source, it’s free, it does a way better job than the other similar programs and it does not contain adware & crapware.
Check out Bulk Crap uninstaller (free!) - https://www.bcuninstaller.com/
Will uninstall anything pretty much, but also go a step further and locate any registry keys, left over files, anything in anyway related to the original install.
Thank you, I went in and fiddled with the options page you suggested above, tried to use the very last/bottom tool:
> Delete domain security policies Input a domain name to delete its dynamic domain security policies (HSTS and Expect-CT). (You cannot delete preloaded entries.):
Sadly, it didn't appear to correct anything. I even went so far as to try and capture a NetLog dump to see if I could figure out what might be amiss.
Long story short, I finally ended up removing Brave browser AGAIN (as first time I neglected to remove the %AppData% Brave folder, double checked my work with Bulk Crap Uninstaller, rebooted and then proceeded to re-install Brave. I've imported my bookmarks from the HTML file I previously exported, now going through and attempting to configure things the way I had them previously, but that seems to have resolved my issue. I'm now able to access all my local domains via their FQDN once again. Still not really sure what I did to break it... don't know if it was something I messed up, but at least we're back in business. In a couple/few short weeks I've grown really attached to Brave and it would feel like I was taking a couple massive steps backwards if I was forced to go back to using Chrome as my primary browser again. Honestly, I probably would have converted to the new Microsoft Edge Chromium build -- that's quickly become my backup browser and it hasn't even been officially released yet.
You know, I once saw a piece of adware installing a fake version of Chrome that acted like Chrome but hid some settings and showed some fake results.
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Use this: https://www.bcuninstaller.com/
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Remove Chrome and all it's remaining files and reg keys. Then reinstall Chrome from the official website.
If that doesn't help, the issue is somewhere else.
I recommend Bulk Crap Uninstaller portable as a free open source alternative to paid Revo and PC Decrapifier.
Disclaimer - I'm a BCU developer, so take this recommendation for what it's worth.
Try out Bulk Crap Uninstaller, it can remove pretty much any bloatware automatically and clean up afterwards. It will definitely be much faster than doing a clean install, and it's free open source.
Disclaimer - I'm a BCU developer, so take this recommendation for what it's worth.