What's new in Remove 4.1
Jul 3, 2010
- fixed a minor bug which prevented from highlighting some of the phantom program entries in red
- updated the copyright information
- updated the author contact information and menu commands
- modified the documentation and updated the system requirements
New in Remove 4.0 (Jul 3, 2010)
- fixed the known "run-time error 35603" bug which made it impossible to list programs with their numeric key values on the "Remove/Uninstall Programs" list
- fixed a bug that caused problems when uninstalling and removing hidden programs right after the program list was refreshed
- fixed a bug which prevented the unnamed deleted program entries to be restored and deleted completely
- the program lists have a new column for version numbers
- added tooltips for all program list items
- when the "Remove/Uninstall Programs" tab is activated and you right-click one of the list items, the context-menu lets you copy program details to the Windows Clipboard
- totally re-written the functions which list program entries, application names, uninstaller locations, version numbers, etc. (better support for Windows components and applications using InstallShield)
- re-written the code which is used for modifying program entries (you are able to modify more entries and even version numbers of Windows applications and components installed on your computer)
- the program entries will now be highlighted in red if they are phantom entries (e.g. uninstaller cannot be found)
- added also a new "Phantom Program Entries in Bold" command to the "View" menu (choose this one and the red phantom program entries will be listed in bold)
- because Remove is now able to display more user-friendly program names, there is a new "User-Friendly Application Names" command in the "View" menu (using friendly names is highly recommended because then Remove is easier to use and more version numbers can be displayed)
- added a menu command to the "View" menu for displaying and hiding the status bar which was also added to Remove v4.0
- slightly modified the main window and its user interface
- modified the program icon used in the "About Remove" window
- the "Register" window tells you when the free trial version of Remove will expire or when it has expired
- improved error handling
- several minor improvements
- corrected spelling mistakes and re-written several sections of Remove's documentation
New in Remove 3.1.2 (Jul 3, 2010)
- fixed an entry backup system bug which caused problems when modifying program entries (PLEASE NOTE: it is highly recommended that all users of Remove v3.0, v3.1, and v3.1.1 download and install this new version)
- temporarily fixed a bug which caused the following error: "Run-time error 35603: Invalid key"
- modified a couple of menu captions and the "About Remove" window
- improved the registration system and "Register" window once again
- corrected some spelling mistakes in the documentation and re-written several sections of it
- the unregistered, fully functional trial version will expire after 30 calendar days
New in Remove 3.1.1 (Jul 3, 2010)
- fixed a bug which was founded from the new registration system
- fixed a minor bug when selecting list items
- added support for Shift+F10 and the context key (you can use them with the lists on both tabs)
- improved the message which you will see when an uninstallation process fails or is interrupted by you
New in Remove 3.1 (Jul 3, 2010)
- fixed a bug which prevented you from restoring deleted hidden program entries
- fixed a couple of bugs which allowed you to uninstall, remove, and restore the same entries and programs twice (or at least try it)
- fixed a minor error handling bug
- added new features for making backups from the program entries without removing the entries (right-click the entry you wish to backup and select "Backup Entry")
- all backups made by Remove can now be deleted (just right-click one of the deleted entries and select the command "Delete Backup")
- if you decide to uninstall an application and the process is successful but the program entry cannot be deleted, Remove asks if you want to get rid of it and if you do, Remove will delete the entry and backup its original data automatically
- totally re-written and optimized the code which is used for modifying program entries (better support for hidden programs and a new backup feature)
- modified the user interface, main window's size and texts, Help and context menus, user prompts, "About Remove" window, etc.
- merged both shown and hidden program entries into one program list (previous version had a separate list for hidden programs and their entries)
- improved the registration system, including the "Register" window
- the entry "InstallShield Uninstall Information" is not listed anymore on the program list
- re-written the documentation
New in Remove 3.0 (Jul 3, 2010)
- fixed a bug which has caused unpleasant expiration problems to some unregistered users of Remove
- added a new "Restore" menu command which restores the program entries already removed and deleted from the Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel
- improved the user interface and program lists: gridlines added, full-row selection and re-ordering allowed
- now Remove will automatically refresh the program lists when the uninstallation process fails or ends successfully
- when you try to uninstall one of your programs with Remove and the uninstallation fails, Remove will ask whether or not you want to remove the programs entry from the Add/Remove Programs list
- improved the error handling and user prompts
- updated the whole documentation and copyright information
- modified the "About Remove" and "Register" windows
- the unregistered version will expire after 21 days
- Remove requires the system library Mscomctl.ocx instead of Comctl32.ocx which used to be required earlier
New in Remove 2.0 (Jul 3, 2010)
- fixed a couple of minor bugs
- added a new feature for modifying the program entries
- updated the author contact information and menu commands
- updated the system requirements
- updated some basic information of using the program
- first final Shareware version
New in Remove 1.2 (Jul 3, 2010)
- when you right-click and select "Remove", you are prompted for whether or not you want to remove the program from the Add/Remove Programs part of the Control Panel
- improved user interface (smaller main window)
- updated the author contact information and menu commands
- updated the system requirements
- included some more information of using the program