"REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE"

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Web location for this

presentation:

http://aztcs.org

Click on “Meeting

Notes”2

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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..".3

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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 Remove4

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TOPICS (continued)

• Programs That "Revo Uninstaller

Portable" Cannot Remove

• Requirements for "Revo Uninstaller

Portable

• Getting "Revo Uninstaller Portable"

• Using "Revo Uninstaller Portable"

• Appendix 1: Failed Test of "Geek

Uninstaller"5

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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

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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".

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"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 "desktop app"

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"REVO UNINSTALLER PORTABLE"

CLEANS UP THE HARD DRIVE AND THE

REGISTRY (continued)

o Step 2:

"Revo Uninstaller Portable" lets

you initiate a scan for leftover hard

drive files/folders and registry

entries

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"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.)

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"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.)

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"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".

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"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.

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PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" CAN REMOVE

o "Revo Uninstaller Portable" can

remove any 64-bit and any 32-

bit "desktop app" program in

your computer.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" CANNOT REMOVE

o "Revo Uninstaller Portable"

cannot remove "Universal

Windows Platform" apps

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PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" CANNOT REMOVE

(continued)

• More information about "Universal

Windows Platform" apps can be

found at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers

al_Windows_Platform_apps

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PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" CANNOT 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

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PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" CANNOT REMOVE

(continued)

• "Revo Uninstaller Portable"

and other "uninstaller"

programs cannot remove

"UWP apps"

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PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" CANNOT REMOVE

(continued)

• "UWP apps" do not show up in

"Programs and Features" in the

"Control Panel"

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PROGRAMS THAT "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" CANNOT REMOVE

(continued)

• "UWP apps" are uninstalled from

either a Start Menu sub-menu

option or, in some cases, they

are uninstalled from the pop-up

menu that is displayed when you

right-click on the tile of the "UWP

app"

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REQUIREMENTS FOR "REVO

UNINSTALLER PORTABLE"

• According to

https://portableapps.com/apps/

utilities/revo_uninstaller_portabl

e#download_details

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GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE"

• Getting Step 1:

Use a Web browser to go

to

https://www.revouninstaller

.com/revo_uninstaller_free

_download.html

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GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Getting Step 2:

Scroll or page down and look

for the "FREE PORTABLE"

button:

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GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Getting Step 3:

Double-click on the "FREE

PORTABLE" button:

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GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Getting Step 4:

Go to the Downloads folder

and double-click on the

RevoUninstaller.zip

file:

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GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Getting Step 4:

The contents of the

RevoUninstaller.zip

file will be displayed

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GETTING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Getting Step 5:

Use the left mouse button to

drag the

"RevoUninstaller_Portable"

folder to the Desktop:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE"

• Using Step 1:

Locate the

"RevoUninstaller_Portable"

folder:

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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:

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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:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 5:

Click on the "OK" button of the

"..License Agreement" window:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 6:

The application window of "Revo

Uninstaller Portable" will be

displayed:

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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:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 8:

Click on "Uninstall" in the pop-

up context menu:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 9:

If a warning message pops up,

read it and then click on its

"Yes" button:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 10:

"Revo Uninstaller Portable" will

start running the "uninstaller" that

is part of the unwanted "desktop

app":

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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":

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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:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 13:

The "uninstaller" of the "desktop

app" will run for a while:

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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.

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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:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 16:

Click on the "Close" button of the

"uninstaller" of the "desktop

app":

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 17:

Select the "Advanced" option

button:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 18:

Click on the "Scan" button:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 19:

"Leftover Registry items" will be

displayed:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 20:

Click on the "Select All" button:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 21:

All of the "Leftover Registry

items" will now be checkmarked:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 22:

Click on the "Delete" button:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 23:

Click on the "Yes" button of the

dialog box:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 24:

A list of "Leftover files and

folders" will be displayed:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 25:

Click on the "Select All" button:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 26:

All of the files and folders in the

list will be checkmarked:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 27:

Click on the "Delete" button:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 28:

Click on the "Yes" button of the

warning box:

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 29:

If you get a pop-up message that

says "Selected, but remaining

files will be deleted the next

system restart", reboot the

computer after completing "Step

31".

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 30:

No news is good news:

The unwanted "desktop app" will

disappear from the list of

"desktop apps" in the application

window of "Revo Uninstaller

Portable".

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 31:

Click on the "x" button in the

upper-right corner to exit out of

"Revo Uninstaller Portable":

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USING "REVO UNINSTALLER

PORTABLE" (continued)

• Using Step 32:

If you were told by "Revo

Uninstaller Portable" back in

"Step 29" to reboot your

computer at the end of the

uninstallation process, reboot

your computer

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APPENDIX 1:

FAILED TEST OF "GEEK UNINSTALLER"

• We installed "Geek Uninstaller" into

a "Windows 10 Pro" computer but it

failed to remove the unwanted files,

folders, and registry entries that

"Revo Uninstaller" was able to

remove:

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APPENDIX 1 (continued):

FAILED TEST OF "GEEK UNINSTALLER"

(continued)

• We do not recommend that you do

this but this is what we did:

We downloaded "Geek Uninstaller"

at

https://www.geekuninstaller.com/do

wnload

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APPENDIX 1 (continued):

FAILED TEST OF "GEEK UNINSTALLER"

(continued)

• The installation file that we

downloaded was called

geek.zip

• We double-clicked on it to extract a

geek.exe

file

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APPENDIX 1 (continued):

FAILED TEST OF "GEEK UNINSTALLER"

(continued)

• We double-clicked on

geek.exe

to install "Geek Uninstaller" into our

computer:

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