Problem uninstalling Google Chrome

On 24/4/2017 00:06, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Stef
writes:
On 23/4/2017 00:34, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
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But how do you point it at things where it doesn't list them as
candidates for removal?

There is a "scan" mode or something. Only tested it once years ago, but
.never used it to uninstall anything. Just wanted to see how thorough
it was. Scans your system and creates a list of what to uninstall.

Stef

Thanks. I'll have a look for it next time (if I remember!).

I think it's called Hunter Mode. Allows you to "pick" or Drag 'n' Drop
a file via icon from the Desktop, Launchbar, etc. to start, stop,
uninstall, etc.

Check out the Tools, too. Revo Unistaller does more than just
uninstalling.

Stef


Ah, so you still need a "seed" of _some_ sort to start it; that was my
feeling. That it can't clean up something you feel is still present in
bits but you aren't sure where.

Okay. I see what you're getting at: You've used an app's or the
system's inadequate uninstallers which don't really unistall anything
just deletes links to the app, and you're looking to correct that. If
that's the case, see if this works. Probably the apps main binary is
still on the system, find it, and using Revo's Hunter Mode to uninstall.
Revo should get whatever remains.

Stef

Stef wrote:
On 24/4/2017 00:06, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Stef
writes:
On 23/4/2017 00:34, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[]
But how do you point it at things where it doesn't list them as
candidates for removal?
There is a "scan" mode or something. Only tested it once years ago, but
.never used it to uninstall anything. Just wanted to see how thorough
it was. Scans your system and creates a list of what to uninstall.

Stef
Thanks. I'll have a look for it next time (if I remember!).
I think it's called Hunter Mode. Allows you to "pick" or Drag 'n' Drop
a file via icon from the Desktop, Launchbar, etc. to start, stop,
uninstall, etc.

Check out the Tools, too. Revo Unistaller does more than just
uninstalling.

Stef


Ah, so you still need a "seed" of _some_ sort to start it; that was my
feeling. That it can't clean up something you feel is still present in
bits but you aren't sure where.

Okay. I see what you're getting at: You've used an app's or the
system's inadequate uninstallers which don't really unistall anything
just deletes links to the app, and you're looking to correct that. If
that's the case, see if this works. Probably the apps main binary is
still on the system, find it, and using Revo's Hunter Mode to uninstall.
Revo should get whatever remains.

Stef


Some things are not *supposed* to be removed!

There is usually an explanation for every behavior.

For example, Internet Explorer consists of two parts.
A web engine which makes "decorations" on the desktop work.
And the web browser window you are used to using. You can
unlink or hide the iexplore.exe executable, without hurting
the system, but the engine components *must* remain functional.

Even if you change versions of Internet Explorer, the installation
procedure must take special precautions so the engine doesn't
get damaged.

This is what happens, when you build software with a component
model, and don't make decorations that have all their own
local code. This is also why some of the Windows 10 Start
and Cortana and task bar icons were so "brittle", and could
even be broken on a clean install. Too much bailing wire
and binder twine, and all it takes is one race condition
in the software to break something. "Robustness" just doesn't
seem to be a word in the vocabulary of software designers
in 2017. They just assume that all 200 services are running
and behaving themselves, and they "hope for the best".
Heaven help you, if some dependency is broken.

Paul

In message , Paul
writes:
Stef wrote:
On 24/4/2017 00:06, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
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Ah, so you still need a "seed" of _some_ sort to start it; that was
my feeling. That it can't clean up something you feel is still
present in bits but you aren't sure where.
Okay. I see what you're getting at: You've used an app's or the
system's inadequate uninstallers which don't really unistall anything
just deletes links to the app, and you're looking to correct that. If

Yes, that's the commonest case of what I'm thinking about.

that's the case, see if this works. Probably the apps main binary is
still on the system, find it, and using Revo's Hunter Mode to uninstall.
Revo should get whatever remains.
Stef


Some things are not *supposed* to be removed!

There is usually an explanation for every behavior.

For example, Internet Explorer consists of two parts.

Yes, I know IE (or parts of it at least) are vital to the running of the
system, since XP. (Not sure about Me.) And other things. It's mostly
non-Windows stuff.

The commonest situation is when an uninstaller crashes, or fails to
uninstall everything (not always its own fault - something else can
interfere with it, such as a system crash for other reasons), but has
got far enough to remove its own uninstall links (including anything in
add/remove, or whatever that's called this week).
[]
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On 04/24/2017 05:32 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

[snip]

Yes, I know IE (or parts of it at least) are vital to the running of the
system, since XP. (Not sure about Me.)

IIRC, that started with IE 4, included with later Windows 95, and
Windows 98.

[snip]

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"If we should put god in the Constitution there would be no room left
for man." [Robert G. Ingersoll]

In message , Mark Lloyd
writes:
On 04/24/2017 05:32 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

[snip]

Yes, I know IE (or parts of it at least) are vital to the running of the
system, since XP. (Not sure about Me.)

IIRC, that started with IE 4, included with later Windows 95, and
Windows 98.

[snip]

IF you believed Microsoft, yes. However, 98lite (a third-party utility)
did make it possible to remove IE entirely from '98. (Though creating a
system which, if you had any problems and asked for support in the '98
'group, generated unbelievable hostility!)
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Capital flows toward lower costs like a river to lowest ground.
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