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To close the small blue target window, which appears on the upper right corner of the screen when you are in "Hunter Mode", you have to to click with the right button of your mouse on it and choose Exit or Open Main Window.
To move the small blue window, which appears on the upper right corner of the screen when you are in "Hunter Mode", you have to to click with the middle (scroll) button of your mouse on it and drag it to the desired location.
This is because Windows 7 does not allow pinning programs containing "install" keyword in the name.
Solution: You can solve the problem by making a shortcut on your desktop of Revo Uninstaller and change the shortcut's name to just "Revo" or something else but the name should not contain instal as Revo Uninstaller does!
Solution: Most of the cases the problem is caused by Trend Micro security and anti-virus software, it blocks Revo Uninstaller without asking for permission. The solution is to add Revo Uninstaller to the exceptions list and contact Trend Micro about an update for Revo Uninstaller.
1. Open the Trend Micro Internet Security program.
2. Go to Virus and Spyware Controls.
3. On Prevent Unauthorized Change.
a. Click Exception List.
b. Click Add program and add revouninstaller.exe to the list
c. Add the program as trusted (set its "Response" to "Trust") and in the right part you should see "Company: VS Revo Group , Version 1,8,5,0 etc
4.Confirm with OK so that Revo Uninstaller will not be blocked by Trend Micro Internet Security.
By default Revo Uninstaller checks for a new version once a day on startup. It does not send any information in anyway! Revo Uninstaller connects to www.revouninstaller.com and compares the local version with the version on the Internet. You can disable that option from
Options -> Uninstaller -> Check for update on startup
Note that if "Check for update on startup" option is disabled you will not be notified when the new version of Revo Uninstaller is available! Having the latest version available ensures that you have the most stable and valuable version of Revo Uninstaller.
There are tens of thousands of applications that leave a lot of unused data such as registry entries, files and folders in your computer. Not all registry keys left in your computer are errors, and the third party registry cleaners cannot detect them. Leftover registry keys in combination with leftover files makes the registry cleaner's job impossible. Revo Uninstaller helps you to remove the leftover registry keys, files and folders after uninstalling an application.
When you disable a startup entry in AutoRun Manager, Revo Uninstaller saves that entry on the computer from where it is disabled for future restore! If you want to leave no trace on the computer, please delete the startup entry instead of only disabling it! In that case you can't restore it in the future with Revo Uninstaller.
Revo Uninstaller finds the icons of the uninstall commands of the installed applications and the red "X" on the icons means that if you double click or run that application from Revo Uninstaller it will remove/uninstall that application. "X" stands for cross out, eliminate, remove, uninstall the application. You may see another common icon, which is a recycle bin icon meaning delete, remove, uninstall that application. These icons are coming from the listed applications for uninstalling purpose and are not special icons from Revo Uninstaller.
Revo Uninstaller has an unique feature called "Hunter Mode". To remove a program from Windows system tray you can use it in the following way:
1.Switch to "Hunter Mode" - by default a blue window will appear on the upper right corner of the screen
2.Drag the blue target window to the system tray and locate the program you wish to remove
3.Drop the target - a menu will appear
Then you can "Kill Process" and it will disappear from the system tray! There are other options you may want to use such as: Uninstall, Stop Auto Starting, Properties, Open Containing Folder etc.
1.Start Revo Uninstaller
2.Click on "Hunter mode" toolbar button
3.Press "Esc" (Escape) keyboard key
When you want you can open Revo Uninstaller's main window from its window in system tray - by double click or right-click -> "Open Main Window" command!
There are two ways to uninstall programs with Revo Uninstaller:
Important: Please, try to close the application you want to uninstall first!
Select the application in the list of installed applications and press the "Uninstall" button in the toolbar, or right-click the application and click the "Uninstall" command in the displayed menu. Revo Uninstaller will show an uninstall wizard, which will give you 4 options to choose from:
Reinstalling the application is the first and easiest solution! Because Revo Uninstaller automatically creates a system restore point before uninstalling an application, you can use Windows System Restore to restore your system to a previous state
Revo Uninstaller ->Tools -> Windows Tools-> Windows System Restore
Revo uninstaller moves all files to the Recycle Bin when you delete them - check it for accidentally deleted files!
Yes, you can use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall games installed on your computer. All installed games which you can uninstall will be listed in Revo Uninstaller's list.
No, you do not need to turn off User Account Control to uninstall programs on Windows Vista.
You cannot remove programs if you do not have administrator privileges, because uninstalling programs will remove files and folders from your system, will delete registry keys in Windows Registry and could modify the settings of the operating system. The standard user account is an account that has privileges only to use the installed applications.
Yes, you need admin rights to be able to uninstall programs in Windows XP. You cannot remove programs if you do not have administrator privileges, because uninstalling programs will remove files and folders from your system, will delete registry keys in Windows Registry and could modify the settings of the operating system. The standard user account is an account that has privileges only to use the installed applications.
If the program is not listed in Revo Uninstaller you can use Forced Uninstall option in Revo Uninstaller Pro, which does not require a program to be insalled - just browse to its folder and enter its name.
If the program is not listed in Revo Uninstaller you can use Forced Uninstall option in Revo Uninstaller Pro, which does not require a program to be insalled - just browse to its folder and enter its name.
The best approach is to cancel the reboot and search for leftovers with Revo Uninstaller. Then carefully choose what to delete from the leftovers. After removing the leftovers with Revo Uninstaller you can reboot your computer.
Yes, you can use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall Windows updates except updates of Windows Vista! Note that uninstalling Windows updates is NOT recommended, and should be done only if it is absolutely necessary!
Yes, Revo Uninstaller Pro can do that! If the program is not listed in Revo Uninstaller you can Use Forced Uninstall option in Revo Uninstaller Pro, which does not require a program to be insalled - just browse to its folder and enter its name.
Go to: Options->Junk Files Cleaner ->General check if the specific file type is in the list and if it is checked. If the file extension is not there click "Add" button and enter the specific file type in the shown window. Click "OK". Then go to: Tools -> Junk Files Cleaner -> click Scan button to start scanning.
In AutoRun manager, you have to remove the check mark in front of the application you want to disable from automatically starting on Windows startup. Conversely, to enable it replace the check mark and it will start automatically on Windows startup.
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Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Revo Uninstaller Pro has full native support of 64bit operating systems!
