MyUninstaller Review: A free alternative to the Windows Add/Remove Programs applet

MyUninstaller Review: A free alternative to the Windows Add/Remove Programs applet

The Add or Remove Programs applet is an important component bundled with Windows. However, as you install more applications on your system it starts slowing down. On a fully loaded Windows machine it can take quite a while to start up. It provides limited (often faulty) information and for reasons best known to Microsoft, it is also not user friendly.

Enter MyUninstaller –  a safe, free alternative to the rather clumsy Add/Remove Programs applet.

Here are some reasons why MyUninstaller is far superior to Windows’ Add or Remove Programs applet: 

• It loads lightning fast, no more irritating twelve second waits.
• It highlights newly installed apps, making them very easy to spot in the clutter.
• It even lets you sort applications in the order that they were installed, so you see the apps installed most recently right at the top. This is a real time saver, as most of the apps we uninstall are the ones we tried recently and didn’t like.
• It shows you which uninstaller entries are obsolete and lets you delete them so you never have useless entries adding to the clutter.  
• You can easily export a list of all your installed applications to a text or HTML file.
• If optionally lets you see extra information such as installer used, installation folder, uninstall string, registry key and more.
• Its columns are completely configurable and can be enabled or disabled, letting you see as much or as little information as you need, this makes it a great choice for both newbies and geeks.
• It lets you do a text search for the app you need to uninstall and lets you zero into it immediately, no more manually wading through a long list.

All in all, it’s a great replacement for Windows’ Add/Remove Programs applet since it has several useful features that should have come bundled with Windows in the first place.  

Download MyUninstaller
MyUninstaller Homepage (Usage instructions and non-English version downloads)

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