ZSoft Uninstaller can do 3 "big things"
that the build in function in windows just can't do.
It can show more information than available though add/remove.
It can find and delete temporary files.
It can analyse an installation so it can be completely uninstalled.
Finding temporary files
You can access this feature though the toolbar by clicking "Temp File
Finder".
All you really have to do is choose a drive from the drop-down list and
click search. Then the program will search the drive for files that are
considered temporary and will, though a right-click menu allow you to
either delete it for good, or back it up and the delete it so you can
re-create it though the "Backups" button.
Normally the C-drive contains the most temporary files.
Show extra information
You can get extra information about a program in the list by
right-clicking on an item and selecting the "Show/Edit Info" button.
This will bring up the dialog shown to the right.
Here you can see all the string information from the registry, and like
that's now enough you can change, remove, and/or add a new one by
right-clicking.
At the right the right-click menu are shown.
By right-clicking on an item and selecting "Change" you can edit the
information it holds.
By right-clicking on an item and selection "Remove" it will be deleted.
By right-clicking anywhere and selection "Add New Item" you can do
exactly that.
Analysing an installation
By clicking on the "Analyze" button on the toolbar, the
dialog shown on the right is brought up. It gives you 2 choices:
Analysing an installation, or uninstalling a previously analysed
installation.
The later will give you a screen where you can choose among the
analysed installations.
Before being able to uninstall you have to confirm that you do it at
you own responsibility and won't kill me if anything goes wrong.
You can also uninstall an analysed installation (and, as the only
place, rename and delete them) from the "Analyzed Programs" tab next to
the "Installed Programs" tab in the main menu.
By choosing the first option you can choose which drives you want to
analyse, the press the "Before Installation" button and let the program
do it's thing.
When it's finished you should install the application in question, and
perhaps run it and close it once before pressing the second button -
"After Installation".
When the after installation is finished it will ask you for something
to name the analysed installation before comparing the before and after
"image".
This whole procedure naturally takes some time, but allows you to
uninstall a program completely.
If a file have been added it will be registered, and deleted upon
uninstallation.
If a registry entry have been added (if it's not a binary registry
entry) it will be deleted upon uninstallation.
If a registry entry have been deleted (if it's not a binary registry
entry) it will be re-created upon uninstallation.
If anything, upon uninstallation could not be deleted, the program will
try to delete the files and/or registry entrys the next time you open
the program, and continue to try every time until the files are gone.