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Using a computer is not without its frustrations – things crash, load
too slow, or behave in erratic ways. After all, a modern computer is a
very complex beast. The final product we’re using represents
co-operation and communication between hundreds of different hardware
and software companies all trying to cram their ideas into a small box
to make it better.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t….and when it doesn’t, that’s where the various “cleaners” and “optimizers” try to help out and make it all better. Advanced Uninstaller Pro is one such cleaner, and today we’re going to be looking at it in more detail. Despite the “Pro” in the name, it’s actually free – and it earned a spot on our Best Windows Software page, so let’s see why.
Installation Gotchas
First things first. I’m sad to say, but you absolutely cannot Next-Next-Next your way through this installer, or you’ll find yourself with a toolbar you weren’t expecting in the end:
The screen above shows the trick Advanced Uninstaller Pro tries to pull during installation. I must say this is particularly annoying be
havior in a tool that claims to “clean” your system – if you’re trying to help me remove stuff, why are you cluttering my system with yet another toolbar? Still, you can just untick all of the checkboxes in this page and continue.
There’s one more thing you should note:
This is a less troubling issue, and some users may actually like this behavior. Advanced Uninstaller Pro wants to pin itself to your taskbar automatically. Not necessarily a bad thing, but still, you should decide whether or not you want it pinned to your taskbar.
Apart from these two annoyances, installation is a straightforward affair.
First Use
Launching Advanced Uninstaller PRO reveals what happens when designers take the already-dubious Modern aesthetic a few steps too far – you get an interface that looks like it was designed with toddlers in mind.
Large, brightly-colored rectangles don’t exactly inspire confidence in a system-mechanic sort of tool. Add the inexplicably-Spanish text (I’m on a system set for English-US), and you get a thoroughly dubious first impression. Still, it’s on our Best Windows Software page, so it must be doing something right. Let’s be systematic, and start with the General Tools section.
