Bulk Crap uninstaller

[Mick]

Was really pleased to come across this, courtesy of Source Forge (it's their 'Project Of The Month'). Looked like a genuine (and free) alternative to Revo, Geek Uninstaller etc, especially since it says it can remove Win 10 apps without clumsy Power Shell scripting. However, after downloading, it got half-way through an intial pass on a Win 7 Pro unit then stalled. Tried it ona Win 10 machine and it said .Net Framework 3.5 was required and Windows offered to d/l and install it. Half an hour later it told me it couldn't.

Was just wondering if anyone else had come across this piece of kit and had any luck with it?

 

[Porthos]

I will keep geek uninstall or UVK . They both can get store apps.

 

[GTP]

It was mentioned on this forum some time ago. I tried it on a couple of test systems. It broke the start menu on one and wouldn't finish on the other. The computer it didn't finish on did some weird stuff and wouldn't boot afterwards.
Stopped there.

 

[GTP]

Hey @Porthos How come you don't use the PRO version of Geek Uninstaller? Just curious.

 

[timeshifter]

I learned on this forum that on a new machine you just blow away the factory install, recovery partition and everything then install the latest Windows 10. Worked great.

 

[Porthos]

Hey @Porthos How come you don't use the PRO version of Geek Uninstaller? Just curious.

Because I already have the pro UVK. I have considered getting pro Geek but I have not needed to do much uninstalling lately.

 

[Mick]

Thanks guys. Looks like I'll be sticking with Revo for a while....

@timeshifter: You blow away the recovery partition? Really? Why?

 

[Porthos]

You blow away the recovery partition? Really? Why?

A clean install of Windows10 has it's own recovery partition. No need to have a client use the factory recovery and put back everything you just got rid of.

 

[Mick]

I think I may have misunderstood - I thought timeshifter meant that he did away with it altogether! Mind, oftentimes, I find that (the original recovery partition) is where all the drivers etc for the machine live..

 

[timeshifter]

I think I may have misunderstood - I thought timeshifter meant that he did away with it altogether! Mind, oftentimes, I find that (the original recovery partition) is where all the drivers etc for the machine live..

I booted to the Windows 10 installer USB drive. I chose custom install of Windows. I deleted all the partitions on Drive 0 and told Windows to install there. The installer probably created a couple of partitions on that volume but I didn't go back and look.

I did it this way for a couple of reasons:

1. Discussion about how it can take hours and hours to update a new Windows 10 machine when it comes out of the box. https://www.technibble.com/forums/posts/594752/
   
2. Bought a new machine at Costco for a customer that needed it in an emergency. Discovered that it wasn't new and had someone else's account on it. It was the last one they had in stock of that model. And when I found that out they were closed and I was delivering it the next morning.
3. I hate de-crapifying machines as much as the next guy.
4. Windows 10 is such an easy install these days compared to prior versions of Windows.

 

[Porthos]

I find that (the original recovery partition) is where all the drivers etc for the machine live..

I back up the drivers at the time I fire it up for the first time to get windows activated.
Dells/HP's/Lenovos have a driver folder easy copy to my external.
I use double driver to backup drivers also in many cases I just use SDI origin to install drivers.

 

[Mick]

SDI is a real boon in these situations. 'specially if, like me, you forgot to back up the originals ....only done it once, and spent an anxious few minutes trying to puzzle out why hardly anything worked....

 

[fincoder]

I back up the drivers at the time I fire it up for the first time to get windows activated.

Backup of the driver folder is a good idea, but there is no need to fire up a factory install 'to get windows activated'. This takes time and is annoying (creating user profile etc) so I usually just boot straight into the Windows 10 install media to delete all partitions and do a clean install. Activation is automatic due to the embedded license key.
Drivers are mostly automatic now with Windows 10, and SDIOrigin normally takes care of any others very easily.

 

[cypress]

I use Geek Uninstaller. Definitely one of my favorites.

 

[GTP]

I use Geek Uninstaller. Definitely one of my favorites.

Been using Geek Uninstaller Pro for many years now. Never let me down.