UninstallAbility
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UninstallAbility Version 1.0
Free Software
Copyright © 2002 Aurelitec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
For more information please visit http://www.aurelitec.com

CONTENTS

Before we begin
Overview
Step-by-Step Guide
Creating automatic updates with UninstallAbility
Options
Technical support




Before we begin

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Overview

In Windows you can uninstall programs by selecting Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs. Windows keeps information about the programs that can be uninstalled from your computer in an uninstall list in the registry.

As any program or anybody with a registry editor has access to this uninstall list, the list may become corrupted or even destroyed. In this case you will no longer be able to uninstall programs from your computer!

This program keeps copies of this list (backups) and helps you restore the list when necessary. This way you can rest assured that you will always be able to uninstall unnecessary or unwanted programs from your computer.


Step-by-Step Guide

Open UninstallAbility from the Start Menu, UninstallAbility folder. Click Next on the opening page. UninstallAbility will show you the following three options:

I would like to create a backup of my uninstall list

Select this option and click Next to create a backup of the uninstall list of your computer. UninstallAbility will show you the programs currently available in this list (the programs that can be uninstalled from your computer). Click Backup to create the backup copy. UninstallAbility will tell you if the backup was created successfully or not.

My uninstall list is gone!

Select this option and click Next to restore the uninstall list of your computer from a backup.

Use this option when your uninstall list in Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs appears empty and you are no longer able to uninstall any programs from your computer. Misbehaved cleanup programs or uninstallers or anybody with a registry editor may corrupt or destroy your uninstall list.

UninstallAbility will ask you which backup you want to restore. For each backup you will see the date and time of its creation and the programs available in the backup. Click Next to restore the selected backup. A confirmation page will be displayed. Click Restore to proceed. Answer "Yes" when asked about adding information to the registry. UninstallAbility will tell you if the information from the backup was successfully added to the registry or not.

Some programs disappeared from my uninstall list!

Select this option and click Next to restore one or more programs to the uninstall list of your computer from a backup.

Use this option when you are unable to uninstall one or more programs because they are no longer available in the uninstall list in Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs, but you still find them on your computer. Sometimes misbehaved cleanup programs or uninstallers remove programs from the uninstall list, but leave them on your computer, without an option to remove them.

UninstallAbility will display all programs that are available in the backups. Select the program(s) you want to restore to the uninstall list and click Next. A confirmation page will be displayed. Click Restore to proceed. Answer "Yes" when asked about adding information to the registry. UninstallAbility will tell you if the information from the backup was successfully added to the registry or not.


Creating automatic backups with UninstallAbility

By default, UninstallAbility creates a backup of the uninstall list every day, the first time the computer is started that day. To disable these automatic backups or to create them at larger intervals, open the Options dialog box by clicking the Options button (for more details see the section below).


Options

Use the Options button to display and change UninstallAbility settings.

To set how often you want UninstallAbility to create automatic backups, select an option in the Automatic backups when computer starts tab. Automatic backups are created when your computer starts. For example, if you select Daily backups, UninstallAbility will create one backup every day, the first time the computer is started that day.

To set whether to keep all backups or automatically delete older backups and keep only the most recent ones, select an option in the Backup settings tab.

To delete one or more backups, select them in the list from the Current backups tab and click Delete selected backups.


Technical Support

For technical support, questions, comments or suggestions, please use:

E-Mail Support: support@aurelitec.com
Fax Support: 1-703-637-0733
World Wide Web: http://www.aurelitec.com

When reporting problems, please include details about the problem, whether it is reproducible, how often it occurs, the error message you get, etc.




Copyright © 2002 Aurelitec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
UninstallAbility is a trademark of Aurelitec, Inc.