Fixed bug: In some circumstances, RegistryChangesView omitted the key name of the first. Examples for useful things you can do with this tool You can create a Registry snapshot before installing a new software and then after the installation is completed, compare this Registry snapshot with the current Registry and see all Registry changes made by the installer Be aware that you'll also see some changes made by Windows or other programs in the same time. If there are Registry changes that you don't like, you can generate a.
If you make a change in Windows configuration from the GUI of Windows and you want to see how to make this change in the Registry, simply create a Registry snapshot before making the config change and then after the configuration change, compare this Registry snapshot with the current Registry and optionally generate a.
If there is unwanted change in the Registry of your system but you don't have any previous snapshot, you can compare the current Registry with a shadow copy created by Windows and try to locate the unwanted Registry changes.
You can also use this tool as a simple way to backup the Registry. The snapshot created by RegistryChangesView simply contains Registry hive files with the same name as the original one ntuser.
In order to start using it, simply run the executable file - RegistryChangesView. For every snapshot , you can choose one of the following data sources: 'Current Registry', 'Saved Registry Snapshot', and 'Shadow Copy'. You can choose any combination you want, as long as 'Data Source 1' is not identical to 'Data Source 2'.
For example: you can choose to compare the Registry of 2 different shadow copies, compare a shadow copy with current Registry, compare a saved Registry snapshot with current Registry, compare a saved Registry snapshot with another saved Registry snapshot, and so on If you want to generate a new Registry snapshot, simply choose 'Saved Registry Snapshot' in the data source combo-box and then click the 'Create Registry Snapshot' button.
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Download Article Explore this Article Steps. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Go to Regedit. You can use the run program in the start menu. Click Export. Can anyone confirm? Thank you so much. I recently performed a complete system restore, only re-installing 8 programs. Now, I have to temporarily install more programs. Hopefully, I will never have to restore my computer again with this. This program really removes everything!
This kind of application is excellent to keep bloatware and crapware under control. Thanks man, its great tutorial. I always wanted to keep my system clean and I am gonna use Total Uninstall. Total Uninstall is what I use, but thanks for rest of the softwares, great tips no doubt, cheers mate! Marek 5 years ago. Mark 5 years ago. David Maisonave Axter 5 years ago. HAL Author 5 years ago. Diana VB 5 years ago. Andrewcamary 6 years ago. Karl 7 years ago. Mario Renor 7 years ago. EEE 7 years ago.
HAL Author 7 years ago. HAL Author 8 years ago. Mahesh 8 years ago. Download Ashampoo Magical UnInstall. I have used Advanced Uninstaller Pro for a few years, though not recently. It does a fair job of detecting installs too in case you forget. Again, an optional feature. Thanks again for this site? I hate begging but I beg to differ. And I apologize for not reading all of your great article.
Upon installation, the installer or the software would have some kind of test to make sure all the fingers and toes were there. More importantly, I would only have to be embarrassed once to not make that mistake again. A clean bill of health upon installation would produce a clean uninstall, at that very moment.. The homeless files appear because of the things that happened after the initial install and over a long period of time.
Additionally, it was always recommended to run the tracking app externally. You may have covered it, sorry. Tracking apps that reside on the same operating system will not be percent accurate. They rarely are, as it is. This means all the Windows updates should be done or disabled and there should be minimal traffic from whatever app that is installed.
Your idea that a software install will know exactly what it has installed and be able to uninstall it all again is a nice theory but is not what happens sadly. That is why tools like this and other tools that remove leftovers exist. In addition to that, certain softwares install and deliberately leave certain keys or values or some entries in registry to detect re-installation. One example is: if you install SUPERAntispyware pro trial in your system and once the trial expires after 15 days , you uninstall it, then re-install it.
It means, it leaves its trace deliberately to identify if the trial has ended or not, when you uninstall it. That is for obvious reasons. I think what the original poster meant to point out is that a lot of what is left over after uninstalling a program the official way is not necessarily stuff that was placed during installation, but while using the program over a certain period of time. Some configuration files, profiles etc.
In that case, of course the method of comparing snapshots from before and right after an installation is not sufficient to clear out all the remaning bits.
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