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"REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" Web location for this presentation: http://aztcs.org Click on “Meeting Notes” 2 SUMMARY "Revo Uninstaller Portable" is a free software program that helps you clean up your hard drive and the Windows "Registry" after it runs the uninstall wizard that is part of all "desktop app" programs that run in "Windows..". It also helps you do a clean removal of "Universal Windows Platform" apps. 3 TOPICS • When You Use "Programs and Features" To Remove a Program.. • "Revo Uninstaller Portable" Cleans Up the Hard Drive and the Registry • "Revo Uninstaller Portable" Is a "Portable Application" • Programs That "Revo Uninstaller Portable" Can Remove 4 TOPICS (continued) • Requirements for "Revo Uninstaller Portable" • Getting "Revo Uninstaller Portable" • Using "Revo Uninstaller Portable" • Appendix 1: Failed Test of "Geek Uninstaller" 5 WHEN YOU USE "PROGRAMS AND FEATURES" TO REMOVE A PROGRAM.. o When you use "Programs and Features" in the Windows "Control Panel" to remove a "Desktop App" program, it only runs the "uninstallation wizard" that is bundled with the "Desktop App" program 6 WHEN YOU USE "PROGRAMS AND FEATURES" TO REMOVE A PROGRAM.. (continued) o The "uninstallation wizard" of most "Desktop app" programs leaves all sorts of unneeded junk on your C: hard drive and in the Windows.. "Registry". 7 "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CLEANS UP THE HARD DRIVE AND THE REGISTRY o When you use "Revo Uninstaller Portable" to remove a "desktop app" program, it does the following: Step 1: "Revo Uninstaller Portable" starts up the "uninstall wizard" that is bundled with the "desktop8 app" "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CLEANS UP THE HARD DRIVE AND THE REGISTRY (continued) o Step 2: "Revo Uninstaller Portable" lets you initiate a scan for unneeded, leftover hard drive files/folders and unneeded, registry entries 9 "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CLEANS UP THE HARD DRIVE AND THE REGISTRY (continued) o Step 3: "Revo Uninstaller Portable" lets you select which leftover hard drive files/folders you want to remove. (Usually you will select all and then click on the "Delete" button.) 10 "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CLEANS UP THE HARD DRIVE AND THE REGISTRY (continued) o Step 4: "Revo Uninstaller Portable" lets you select which leftover registry items you want to remove. (Usually you will select all and then click on the "Delete" button.) 11 "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" IS A PORTABLE APPLICATION o A "Portable application" runs as an executable without needing for you to "install" it into a Windows.. computer. It does not take up any space in the Windows "Registry". 12 "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" IS A PORTABLE APPLICATION o You can take a copy of "Revo Uninstaller Portable", put it on an external flash drive or external hard drive and move it to any "Windows.." computer and then run "Revo Uninstaller Portable" from any "Windows.." computer. 13 PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE o "Revo Uninstaller Portable" can remove any 64-bit or 32-bit "desktop app" program in your computer. 14 PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE (continued) o "Desktop app" programs are legacy programs that show up in "Programs and Features" inside the Windows "Control Panel" (but do not use "Programs and Features" to remove "Desktop app" programs) 15 PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE (continued) o Version 2.0.0 (August 4, 2016) and later versions of "Revo Uninstaller Portable" can uninstall 64-bit "desktop app" programs. Prior versions can only uninstall 32-bit "desktop app" programs. 16 PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE (continued) o Examples of "Desktop app" programs are Microsoft Office.., GeoClock 2, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Acrobat Reader, etc. 17 PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE (continued) o "Revo Uninstaller Portable" can also remove "Universal Windows Platform" apps 18 PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE (continued) • More information about "Universal Windows Platform" apps can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers al_Windows_Platform_apps 19 PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE (continued) • Most "UWP apps" tend to have simpler, less-cluttered user interfaces with hidden vertical and/or horizontal scroll bars, if any vertical and/or horizontal scroll bars exist at all 20 PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE (continued) • "UWP apps" do not show up in "Programs and Features" in the "Control Panel" 21 REQUIREMENTS FOR "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" • According to https://portableapps.com/apps/ utilities/revo_uninstaller_portabl e#download_details 22 23 GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" • Getting Step 1: Use a Web browser and click on the "Portable" button at https://www.revouninstaller.co m/revo_uninstaller_free_down load.html 24 25 26 GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Getting Step 2: Go to the Downloads folder and use the RIGHT mouse button to click on the RevoUninstaller.zip file: 27 28 29 GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Getting Step 3: Click on "Extract All...": 30 31 GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Getting Step 4: Click on "Extract": 32 33 GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Getting Step 5: A second "File Explorer" window will pop up and it will display the contents of a new folder called "RevoUninstaller_Portable" 34 35 GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Getting Step 5: The "RevoUninstaller_Portable" folder will have another folder inside it that is also called "RevoUninstaller_Portable": 36 37 GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Getting Step 6: Drag the inner "RevoUninstaller_Portable" folder to the "Desktop": 38 39 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" • Using Step 1: Locate the "RevoUninstaller_Portable" folder on the Desktop: 40 41 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 2: Use the left mouse button to double-click on the "RevoUninstaller_Portable" folder to open it up: 42 43 44 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 3: Once you are inside the RevoUninstaller_Portable folder, locate the RevoUPort.exe file and double click on it: 45 46 47 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 5: Click on the "OK" button of the "..License Agreement" window: 48 49 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 6: The application window of "Revo Uninstaller Portable" will be displayed: 50 51 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 7: Locate the "Desktop app" that you would like to remove and use the RIGHT mouse button to click on it: 52 53 54 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 8: Click on "Uninstall" in the pop- up context menu: 55 56 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 9: If a warning message pops up, read it and then click on its "Yes" button: 57 58 59 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 10: "Revo Uninstaller Portable" will start running the "uninstaller" that is part of the unwanted "desktop app": 60 61 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 11: Go down to the Taskbar of your Windows.. computer and click once on the right-most "Task button": 62 63 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 12: Click on the "Yes" button to acknowledge to the "uninstaller" that you really want to remove the program: 64 65 66 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 13: The "uninstaller" of the "desktop app" will run for a while: 67 68 69 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 14: If any of the "Task buttons" on the "Taskbar" start blinking, click on the blinking "Task button" to determine what the "uninstaller" of the "desktop app" is trying to tell you. 70 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 15: If the "uninstaller" of the "desktop app" tells you that you need to reboot, select "I want to reboot manually later" and then click on the "Finish" button: 71 72 73 74 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 16: Click on the "Close" button of the "uninstaller" of the "desktop app": 75 76 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 17: Select the "Advanced" option button: 77 78 79 80 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 18: Click on the "Scan" button: 81 82 83 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 19: "Leftover Registry items" will be displayed: 84 85 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 20: Click on the "Select All" button: 86 87 88 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 21: All of the "Leftover Registry items" will now be checkmarked: 89 90 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 22: Click on the "Delete" button: 91 92 93 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 23: Click on the "Yes" button of the dialog box: 94 95 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 24: A list of "Leftover files and folders" will be displayed: 96 97 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 25: Click on the "Select All" button: 98 99 100 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 26: All of the files and folders in the list will be checkmarked: 101 102 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 27: Click on the "Delete" button: 103 104 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE" (continued) • Using Step 28: Click on the "Yes" button of the warning box: 105 106 USING "REVO UNINSTALLER