Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a suite which contains several tools and utilities. A very important tool offered by Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the Installation Monitor.
This tool can watch a program's installation, create an installation log containing information about everything that the setup of the program has done, and then later completely uninstall the program.
The installation monitor can monitor an application's installation and create an installation log. The installation log for the application will contain detailed information about all the additions and modifications that the application's installation (also called the application's setup) did to your system, including:
The installation monitor can carefully watch an application's installation, and record all the changes it made to your system in an installation log. The installation log is stored in a file on your hard-disk.
Using that installation log you can later uninstall the application using Advanced Uninstaller PRO. This has several big advantages over the installation routines that are built into the programs you install, which appear in the Add or Remove Programs applet in your Control Panel:
While using the installation monitor you can always press the F1 key or the Help button in order to see the built-in online help which accurately describes every function, window and control in the installation monitor.
Here is a complete, step by step manual about how to use the installation monitor:
How to monitor an application's installation ... learn how to install a program while the installation monitor watches the installation and records an install log.
What to do during installation monitoring ... important rules to follow in order to get an accurate, precise install log that you can later use to completely uninstall an application.
How to uninstall an application that you have monitored ... use the install log you have created in order to completely kick an application off your computer.
How to restore an application that you have uninstalled ... our installation monitor has some safety features. One of the most important is the ability to backup an application before uninstalling.. so if you want the application back, or if things don't go well after uninstalling, you can just restore the application from the backup, even if you don't have the original setup file that you used to install it.
Installation monitor settings ... all the things you can configure which affect the installation monitor.
Safety features in the installation monitor ... describes some of the safety features built into the installation monitor.
Monitoring can be real slow sometimes ...what can you do about it?
Should you close or not antivirus and firewall programs during monitoring ...click here to find out!
The installation monitor gives you control over what the applications install on your computer, and gives you the power to fully uninstall programs. But in order to properly use this power, it is important to use the program carefully and to read the pages above.