One of the most frustrating parts of uninstalling software is the restart prompt that sometimes appears at the end. The user wants to get rid of some piece of software but now the software wants to restart the system to complete the uninstallation. Most of the times the reboots are actually not even necessary. In fact most software should be able to remove themselves without requiring a reboot. What are the factors involved?
Causes of restarts
The primary reason for an uninstaller requiring a restart is because of trying to remove a file that is in use. Plugins like shell extensions generally can be loaded into several different programs. As a result it makes it difficult to remove these files since the program being uninstalled does not have control over the loading of it's files. The uninstaller can ask the user to close the open applications that are using the file. However some of the programs using the files may not have a visible user interface so they can be shutdown.
The Windows Restart Manager (in Windows Vista and later) helps to facilitate uninstalling programs that have files in use by allowing the applications to be automatically shutdown and restarted. Unfortunately this requires the programs holding files to be Restart Manager aware. So for programs that can not control where they're loaded it would make sense to have the file removed after the restart. The uninstaller can prompt the user to restart. This leaves the choice up to the user. Programs that use Windows Installer have this automatically done for them.
For most standalone applications there should almost never be a reason to not be able to uninstall without a reboot. If the user is inadvertently still running the program it should prompt the user before shutting down the program.
Another problem arises also when an uninstaller tries to delete itself. This sometimes results in the uninstaller prompting for a restart. One way application developers can avoid this by using Windows Installer.
Reducing restarts with Install Monitor
Install Monitor can actually help in many of these scenarios. After Install Monitor runs the uninstaller for a program it will automatically attempt to perform some of the deletions that the program could not perform. In many cases like the case of uninstaller that cannot remove itself this is enough to remove any remaining files. However, you can always return to remove the items left by the program at a later time.
Additionally if you run the uninstaller with Install Monitor it will prevent the uninstaller from automatically restarting the computer without your permission. This helps against uninstallers that do not give you a choice in whether to restart like in the example below. This feature known as Restart Monitor is more robust in the next version. This is another example of how Install Monitor puts you back in control.
Mirekusoft install monitoring steps:
>First Windows Installer prompting the user to close an application in use.
>Then an uninstaller not giving a user a choice on whether to restart.
>Finally Install Monitor prompts you if a restart occurs during uninstall.
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