Was ist, wenn man wissen will was ein Installer so auf dem Computer treibt? Man sucht nach entsprechenden Tools. Hier eine kleine Sammlung meiner Netzfindungen:
Advanced Uninstaller Pro
Advanced Uninstaller Pro is definitely trying to be the complete all-in-one utility because in addition to the uninstalling functions, it also boasts a whole host of other useful tools. Registry cleaning, optimizing, backup and restore, file cleaning and optimizing, Services, Startup, Control Panel and Font managers, several different tools for IE, Chrome and Firefox, and there are many more. The program has a Revo like Uninstall Programs option that does a standard removal and then scans for leftovers and a Monitored Installations option.
This second option requires you to start the installation monitor tray component and then you can right click on it to start a monitored install using the before and after snapshot method. We were quite surprised at how long the program took to create the snapshots and then the log file, nearly 3 minutes reading from the in built clock.
Uninstalled software can be backed up and restored again at a later date. Even if you never use the uninstaller functions on offer, Advanced Uninstaller Pro still has a ton of other features you might find useful. Watch out for the AVG search bar adware being offered on install.
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Install Monitor
Mirekusoft Install Monitor has a few advantages and possible disadvantages over some other install tracking tools. On the plus side everything is monitored in real time so you don’t have to create before and after snapshots which saves a lot of time. This is achieved by a service running in the background (MspySvcHost.exe) that constantly watches for installations.
Then when you click on the installed program in the Install Monitor window it will give you information about the size of the install and all the registry and file changes that it created. The selected software’s created content and startup entries can be viewed using the tabs below.
Software removal is a 2 step process with the standard uninstaller running 1st and then the program will tell you if there are still leftover entries it tracked which you can then remove using the Cleanup button. The running service could also be considered a drawback if you don’t want monitoring on all the time as you would have to stop it manually.
Although it isn’t bundled with any adware, Install Monitor does require the Visual C++ Redistributable and SQL Server Compact Edition to function which can be downloaded automatically if you don’t have them already. There are separate versions for XP, and 32/64 bit Windows.
Comodo Programs Manager
Comodo Programs Manager is a well polished tool to monitor and help remove installations and also has some nice features such as an install maker option that creates a setup executable from the contents of the monitored install so you can install the program next time quickly and silently. It also has quick access to the Windows Features option and a Windows Updates section allows the viewing and possible removal of any causing issues.
The Drivers and Services option is a powerful and also dangerous thing to play around with if you’re not sure what you’re doing. Uninstalling something Windows or a piece of software relies on will likely cause it stop working properly.
When you want to remove a program simply click on it and select Uninstall, you will get the a Complete Uninstall option if it’s been previously tracked by Comodo or Standard Uninstall for one that hasn’t. After the uninstall any changes still left will be available to remove.
Programs Manager also places shortcuts on the right click context menu for easy access and has a backup uninstall option so you can undo the uninstall process at a later time. Monitoring is in real time and like Install Monitor uses a resident service process called CPMService.exe to monitor the install.