Why Doesn't The "uninstall" Program Uninstall All ?

trinaz
trinaz
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Since BDIS 2011 I have been using the uninstallers provided by Bitdefender. However...since 2011 I have found that numerous...and in 2013's case...scores of entries are left in the registry in Win 7 Pro ??


Shouldn't an "uninstaller" remove most...if not all registry entries ??


Perhaps this is a main problem with all the issues from upgrading from on years version to the next ???


TiminAz

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  • columbo
    columbo ✭

    Hi TiminAz :)


    So far I've usually just ended up with 2 leftover reg. keys with the 2013 version: antispam32 (once in awhile), but "always" seccenter.exe


    With the 2012 version it was always 3, including a parental control key. How many did you end up with? And yes, that is why I always instructed those who had install/uninstall issues to use CCleaner to clean those up, as to hopefully help with a clean hassle free install.


    I have 7 Home Premium 64-bit

  • trinaz
    trinaz
    edited November 2012

    Interesting Columbo...going back to 2010 I always had numerous leftover registry entries...George R actually posted a file or link to a file back then to follow up the BD uninstaller to clean "all" the remaining entries.


    My last attempt at 'uninstalling' 2013 with the 2013 uninstaller still left many keys.


    I started to save each key prior to deleting the keys but got to about 20 keys saved and just got tired of the procedure so I stopped. I 'think' I still have the folder with the saved keys that I had to manually remove...but maybe not ?


    In addition...some of the leftover keys Bitdefender installed had locked Windows 'permissions' in the registry...had to modify each key's 'permissions' to my User Administration" account permissions to delete them !


    After running any of the BD uninstallers on all of my different Windows versions I always find multiple entries with these keywords searched:


    bdagent.exe


    vsserv.exe


    updatesrv.exe


    and multiple generic 'Bitdefender' entries


    Not saying this is good or bad...many...if not most uninstallers...leave some left over keys/entries


    Just wondering if this may contribute to new version installation issues when reinstalling and or upgrading !?


    TiminAz

  • rootkit
    rootkit ✭✭✭

    Hello :)


    I will run some tests to see what's happening with the uninstall tools (the old one and the one for Bitdefender 2013) and if needed I will forward all the data to our developers, including a link to this topic.


    Thank you very much for your feedback!


    Take care.

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