But they have to be well-written installers (many aren't). And anyways, lots of installers are written by companies which want to leave their footprint behind even if you do uninstall.
Finding orphaned registry entries is hard - it's not always clear what application put them there, and how to determine that the application is still installed.
But they have to be well-written installers (many aren't). And anyways, lots of installers are written by companies which want to leave their footprint behind even if you do uninstall.
Finding orphaned registry entries is hard - it's not always clear what application put them there, and how to determine that the application is still installed.