Windows Explorer Integration<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nInstall Monitor 5 has greater integration with Windows Explorer. You can right-click a file on your desktop or File Explorer to monitor, inspect, or uninstall the program.
\nMonitor:<\/em> Install Monitor will automatically start monitoring programs and display them once they are installed. However, you can use this for more advanced monitoring. For instance, to track a program that doesn\u2019t fully install itself. You can also use this to directly monitor changes by any executable file including batch files!
\nInspect:<\/em> This opens the program in Install Monitor\u2019s \u2018Programs\u2019 list and displays the software details, including registry and file size, date of installation, version, etc.<\/p>\nUninstall:<\/em> This option uninstalls the program with Install Monitor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The right-click extension allows you to monitor\/uninstall\/identify a program.<\/p>\n
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New Desktop Control Feature<\/span><\/h2>\nInstall Monitor now includes a new ‘Desktop Control’ feature to tackle unresponsive programs during PC freezes swiftly. To use it, navigate to the same \u2018Performance\u2019 tab and click ‘Desktop Control’ at the bottom right. To get to it faster, you can also right-click the tray icon or press Ctrl+Shift+Del. It will quickly shutdown all non-essential background programs. This is like a fail-safe switch to regain control over an unresponsive system.<\/p>\n
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The Performance tab can be used for resource monitoring and now includes the \u2018Desktop Control\u2019 feature.<\/p>\n
<\/h2>\nNew Storage Tab<\/span><\/h2>\nThe Storage tab is another new feature. It allows you to see storage locations where Install Monitor has monitored for changes. You can view filesystem and registry changes by expanding drive letters\/folders and registry hives\/keys. An advantage of this view is that you can more easily see which programs have made changes in a particular location.<\/p>\n
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Looking at file and registry changes with the Storage tab.<\/p>\n
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Improved Uninstaller<\/span><\/h1>\nAs you\u2019re likely aware, when most programs are uninstalled, they leave behind files and registry information. Even though the program icon is no longer there, residual files, such as configuration files, temporary files, registry entries, and shared files, are often left behind. This leads to unnecessary performance overhead and reduces system reliability and storage space over time. Install Monitor 5 builds on existing uninstall capabilities to make it easier to cleanup these traces.<\/p>\n
System Cleanup<\/span><\/h3>\nThe System Cleanup feature provides a way to cleanup programs uninstalled outside of Install Monitor, for instance, by using the Control Panel or running the program\u2019s own uninstaller directly. You can also cleanup programs that were uninstalled with Install Monitor but where the cleanup was skipped or only partial.<\/p>\n
You can access the System Cleanup feature from both the Program and Tools tabs.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Programs tab > More Options > System Cleanup<\/p>\n
\u25cf Tools tab > System Cleanup<\/p>\n
System Cleanup will display a list of programs that are uninstalled but not fully cleaned up. You can then select the programs you wish to fully remove and System Cleanup will guide you through the process.<\/p>\n
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Select the uninstalled programs you want to clean in \u2018System Cleanup\u2019.<\/p>\n
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System Cleanup confirm dialog<\/p>\n
Improved Cleanup Category Filters<\/span><\/h3>\nUninstaller Cleanup now provides more categories of data to help you decide what to delete. It displays tree folders of the program\u2019s data organized, such as below. You can then select which categories you wish to delete. These filters enable you to have a more targeted and controlled cleanup process.<\/p>\n
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Uninstaller Cleanup now gives you more control over which categories of data you remove.<\/p>\n
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Fewer Restarts Now Needed for Uninstalls<\/span><\/h3>\nIn the past, uninstalling some software might have required a restart, especially if the program had a shell extension, or background services, or drivers. Now, the uninstaller has been improved to be able to detect all dependencies and shutdown and restart applications as needed in the background without restarting your system.<\/p>\n
More Detailed Progress<\/strong><\/h3>\nMore comprehensive progress is available during the uninstall and cleanup process. The uninstaller offers detailed information and progress updates regarding the removal of files, registry entries, and other components associated with the selected program.<\/p>\n
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Install Monitor gives more detailed progress during uninstall\/cleanup.<\/p>\n
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Directly Uninstall Programs With Install Monitor From The Explorer<\/span><\/h3>\nYou can now uninstall programs directly by right-clicking on the icon, hovering your mouse over \u2018Mirekusoft Install Monitor.\u2019 Here, you can directly deep-uninstall the program using IM5. This simplifies removing a program to a simple right-click.<\/p>\n
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Uninstall programs by right-clicking from your desktop or Windows Explorer<\/p>\n
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Easier Access To The \u2018Timeline\u2019 Feature<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Timeline feature is a useful feature which, shows the changes that were made to your PC during a specific time period. This is a useful tool to use if your PC suddenly slows down or starts crashing. You can check which programs have been updated recently to diagnose the culprit. You can then remove those specific changes\/updates made by the program. In IM5, the timeline feature has been added to the Programs tab, as seen below.<\/p>\n
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The Timeline feature<\/p>\n
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Cleanup History<\/strong><\/h3>\nCleanup history is another uninstaller improvement. Install Monitor now automatically logs a history of all the changes you make through the uninstaller. While you can still enable the System Restore checkpoint option, this provides a more direct way to see what changes were made and even restore them if needed. You can restore to a specified folder. This is useful if you only want to retrieve specific files. The history will automatically be kept to a reasonable size that can be changed under Options, but you can also manually remove older history.<\/p>\n
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Cleanup History<\/p>\n
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Restoring uninstalled programs using the History feature.<\/p>\n
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Backing Up And Restoring Programs<\/span><\/h1>\nInstall Monitor now includes backup and restoration of programs. This allows you to backup files and registry settings to restore programs to their previous versions.<\/p>\n
When you right-click a program, a drop-down menu pops up, giving you the option to \u2018Backup\u2019 the program.<\/p>\n
For instance, you may choose to backup a program before uninstalling it for future use. You can back up just the metadata or both the metadata and the files\/registry. The metadata is a description of which files and registry are associated with a program. When you click backup, the software creates a single backup file that includes all that is needed to restore. This is useful if you later want to restore a program after removing it.<\/p>\n
To restore your program, click the \u2018Add\u2019 button in the top-right corner of the same \u2018Programs\u2019 tab.\u00a0 Click on \u2018Restore Backup.\u2019 This will open File Explorer. Locate the backup file and click \u2018Open.\u2019 Install Monitor will restore the program to its previous state.<\/p>\n
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The Programs tab with the option to Backup<\/p>\n
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The \u2018Add\u2019 button in the \u2018Programs\u2019 tab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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