Ooops, it says a 76 MB program uses 76 GB of disk space — wow, so if I uninstall that, will I get 76 GB of free space?
( If I install that program 1,000 times, and then uninstall each of them, will I get 7 TB free space? )
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I prefer free IObit Uninstaller, and it’s [ Cleanup Residual ] tool.
BUT, this program, [ Smarty Uninstaller ] from [ SmartUninstall.com ] from [ OneSmarty ] ( they can’t get a name straight … ) has an interesting feature:
[ Snapshot Install ]
… which promises to compare before and after information so we can see what an installer program really does ( such as GOTD’s Activator ) …
… BUT IT DOESN’T, it just watches, and makes NO REPORT!
So, the feature has no benefits?
And [ Move Application ] creates a ‘fake’ junction point from the local machine, but does NOT create a reinstallation package for installation elsewhere, ( as Quarterdeck Clean Sweep originally did before Symantec gobbled them up and killed it ) … yet Smarty Pants Uninstaller seems STUCK with no [ Cancel ] button as I try to move a program, to test, I manually entered a network address to move to, HA …lock up, I used Windows Task Manager to kill it.
BE CAREFUL — the default sort is 32-bit program list first, then another list of 64-bit programs, so you MUST click on the [ Name ] header if you want to see, for example, ALL ‘J’ Java installations to compare and uninstall deprecated versions — I have the newest Java v162 installed, and the unsecure Java v151 is still hanging around, but Smarty Pants Uninstaller didn’t know how to show me all Java installations all together as a default choice of list display — I had to look and read 2 unrelated alphabetical lists of programs ( as if I care to sort by 32-bit, THEN read a separate list of 64-bit programs ! ) … at least it remembers my list-sort preference when I exit, and uses it on my next Smarty program open.
( The software designers are NOT end users, and have become inured to seeing their own program as if for the first time, as we do — they probably like the supposedly deeper tech stuff, I guess. )
You can highlight ( [ Shift ] or [ Ctrl ] click ) more than one program to uninstall at once.
Once you click [ Uninstall ], it doesn’t confirm in the next pop-up windows what you are installing, BUT there is a one-at-a-time title in the program’s own tray, look there, otherwise, guess what’s it’s gonna install … and hope you and the program agree on what was highlighted, especially if you highlighted something that scrolled off screen before clicking [ Uninstall ] — free IObit Uninstaller shows you the list of things about to be uninstalled and THEN asks for permission … but IObit is up to v7.2, and Smarty is at v4.8 … c’mon, catch up, guys!
IObit Uninstaller sitting in the background automatically recognized the old versions of Java being removed by Smarty, and IObit updated it’s own list automatically, immediately, no delay — nice ( neither program found residual files after Java removed itself ).
In Smarty, I LIKE that you can click on [ Advanced Details ], [ Registry ] and immediately edit registry entries for the selected installed program, such as making the [ DisplayName ] clear and unambiguous, especially when the original software programmers forgot to self-identify clearly — I just “cleaned up” a bunch of crappy entries so my installed program list reads much better for my needs BUT … IObit needed to exit and reload to ‘learn’ my new names ( “Apple QuickTime” replacing “QuickTime”, for example ), but Smarty AND Windows NEVER LEARNED the new name! ( Note, free http://x-setup.net/ add the feature of finding installed programs with NO NAME in the [ DisplayName ] field, and let’s you identify and edit them via their [ System ], [ Software Installation ], [ Add or Remove Programs ], [ Add or Remove Programs List Editor ], [ Edit CMD… ] and [ Edit Name… ] controls — X-Setup is an ancient program that STILL edits the registry SAFELY on Windows 10 even, and can record your changes as a script to use to modify subsequent computers the same way — there were some terrific programmers who got scooped up and disappeared, drat! )
The [ Create report ] is a nice HTML list of installed programs with ( some ) web links ( that don’t necessarily work ).
The [ Advanced Details ], [ Registry ] view window contents can’t be sorted ( in spite of a sort by column marker ) and the columns can’t be resized, so the information is effectively hidden, you have to click on each item to see the full registry entry, and when you [ Close ] one to look at the next registry entry, it leaves the entire [ Advanced Details ] window altogether, and you have to re-enter the [ Advanced Details ] screen over and over to review and or edit every and or any registry entry.
[ Tools ], [ Add Application Manually ] seems private, as neither Windows nor IObit not X-Setup sees a new entry created by Smarty … so what’s it for if it can’t ‘talk’ to the rest of our own computer, eh?
I’ll keep Smarty as an observational tool, but use other programs to do the actual work — there are to many errors and quirks in Smarty at the moment.
Thanks for the chance to explore.
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