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utility that logs what files and where and registry changes of installers

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First post, by awgamer

Posted on 2018-04-17, 03:20

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Didn't find a thread with a quick search. I used to have a utility that did this, the process would be run the utility, do the install, run the utility again for uninstalling/see what changes the installer made. I'm seeing lots of remover/cleanup tools but they all seem to be appliance/black box type utilities where as I want to see what changes were made, anyone know a utility that does this?

Reply 1 of 9, by collector

Posted on 2018-04-17, 11:49

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TrackWinstall?

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Reply 2 of 9, by kixs

Posted on 2018-04-17, 12:47

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I used to use Total Uninstall:

https://www.martau.com/

It tracks everything you mentioned and you can also see what where the changes.

Requests are also possible... /msg kixs

Reply 3 of 9, by aqrit

Posted on 2018-04-17, 21:12

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Reply 4 of 9, by collector

Posted on 2018-04-17, 21:25

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https://www.withopf.com/tools/trackwinstall/

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Reply 5 of 9, by Stretch

Posted on 2018-04-20, 00:08

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Reply 6 of 9, by CookiePLMonster

Posted on 2018-04-20, 13:57

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Alternately, Sandboxie. Everything installer touches will end up being in the sandbox.

Reply 7 of 9, by Stiletto

Posted on 2018-04-20, 14:40

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PC Magazine (USA version) used to have a utility their staff programmers developed themselves, back in the day. Can't remember the name, I may track it down later. It worked well, I last used it in 2003 sometime.

[EDIT] It's called InCtrl 5.

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Reply 8 of 9, by DosDaddy

Posted on 2018-04-30, 11:16

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Call me a square, but Process Monitor still does it for me.

Works perfectly fine on XP despite the suggestion it may actually not.

Reply 9 of 9, by chinny22

Posted on 2018-05-03, 11:12

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Back in the Win95 days I used Quarterdeck CleanSweep which sounds very similar. (run the scan before and after)
It became Symantec Cleansweep few years later.

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