As a rule, programs can be easily removed. However, sometimes uninstallation routines are not properly programmed, so that remnants remain in the file system and/or in the Windows registry. Uninstalled applications may appear to have disappeared, but in fact fragments lead a shadowy existence in the form of dead data. With bad luck, these cause problems, for example when they conflict with genre-related software. There is an antidote to messy uninstalls: use an uninstall manager like the Ashampoo UnInstaller 9 one. The full version has a registry cleaner that even removes ballast that has been left over for years. Ashampoo’s PC pick-me-up is at its best if you install it before (!) a program to be uninstalled: then it is possible to install software that needs to be installed under the observation of an Ashampoo guard. The protocol created in the process enables an even deeper removal than the registry cleaner component is able to perform.
Ashampoo UnInstaller 9: How to use the full version
This is what the Ashampoo UnInstaller 9 does
The Ashampoo UnInstaller 9 acts as an uninstallation manager, which has functions similar to the corresponding subfunction (applet, appwiz.cpl) in the Windows control panel. The focus here is on controlling the deinstallation routines of installed applications. If you have logged an installation, a small icon will appear next to the relevant application in Ashampoo UnInstaller’s overview. It indicates that an uninstallation using an info record is carried out with particular care. If you haven’t logged any installations yet, you’re not making use of what’s described, but thanks to the built-in registry cleaner to get rid of leftovers, you’re still more thorough than with appwiz.cpl.
If you would like to record a software installation, you have two options: use a monitor function or initiate the installation via Ashampoo UnInstaller 9. The procedure works with all common formats for installation files under Windows: EXE and MSI. Incidentally, the latter format is primarily relevant in the corporate environment, but private users sometimes also install via MSI packages (e.g. when installing 7-Zip). An advantage over appwiz.cpl in our exclusive Ashampoo full version is the removal of the registry reference to the deinstallation file: the file and the relevant software remain available, but removing the relevant application makes it more difficult for any PC users.
In addition to classic desktop programs, you can use the application to uninstall Windows apps. This works with the modern touch applications of Windows 10 and Windows 11, but not with counterparts under Windows 8.1. The uninstaller even integrates browser plug-ins – and evaluates them just like Windows programs and apps. The star reviews will give you an idea of which applications you probably don’t need on your PC. The supported browsers are Internet Explorer (IE), Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera. Interesting for professionals with a soft spot for what’s going on in the Windows gears: you can create snapshots of the registry, known as “snapshots”. If two of them exist, load them into the program for comparison and it will then list the differences between the two system states.
Tuning functions go beyond the box
The uninstallation features are joined by tools that you may be familiar with from other Ashampoo programs. You can use them to free up storage space, increase the speed and, in rare cases, fix problems: The Drive Cleaner deletes junk files that Registry Optimizer removes superfluous entries in the registration database. With the Internet Cleaner remove traces left by surfing with IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge and Opera.
the Startup Tuner is no longer developed as an independent product, the powerful technology lives on in the UnInstaller package as an autostart manager. A good addition is the Service Manager which you can use to disable superfluous system services. With the undeleter recover deleted files using data recovery algorithms. The file associate reveals which file format is associated with which program to open while the File Wiper acts as a counterpart to undeleter – the wiper module permanently deletes files.
With Registry Defrag shrink the Windows registry hive files. In a figurative sense, this represents a defragmentation. Since this is only a pseudo defrag, beautifying the inner Windows values in this way even makes sense with an operating system installation on an SSD data carrier.
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Ashampoo UnInstaller 9: Register for free
If you want to use the program, call up the EXE installer and confirm a warning message from the user account control (user Aaccount Control, UAC) from Windows with “Yes”. Follow the wizard, first entering the EULA (End user Lice Agreement, general terms of use) and then click on “Request a free license key”. Activation requires registration of the software, which you carry out after pressing the button on a website that opens in the web browser.
It starts by entering your e-mail address there. Confirm with “Request full version key here”. If you have already registered with this e-mail address to use Ashampoo software in the past, you already have an account with the provider. In this case, enter your password, confirm with “Login”, click on “Later” and you will see your serial number. It is already marked and ready for copy & paste, with Ctrl-C you copy the code to the Windows/RAM clipboard. Use the Ctrl-V key combination to paste the character string into the Ashampoo UnInstaller 9 window. There you set the setup of the application with mouse clicks on “Activate now!” and click “Next” several times. If you wish, you can specify a different design than the standard skin (“Next Level Orange”); switching to “Daylight Blue” is up to your taste.
Once you confirm your choice of theme, the installer gets to work and unpacks the software in Windows. At the end complete the setup wizard with the “Finish” option. By default, the application starts automatically. In the future, call it up by using the LNK shortcut that has just been added to the desktop.
