You are here

When you say a fresh install, what do you mean?

2 posts / 0 new
Last post
SilentWalker
Offline
Last seen: 14 years 10 months ago
Joined: 2008-11-06 12:23
When you say a fresh install, what do you mean?

For some apps such as PAC and RegShot, and in making a PortableApp, you say you need a fresh install of the application, or that the computer must not contain a trace of the application.

Does this mean that it must have never been installed on the computer ever, or will a simple uninstall do, or do i have to use RegEdit and search the registry for the app name and delete the entries?

Please explain...

John T. Haller
John T. Haller's picture
Online
Last seen: 8 min 29 sec ago
AdminDeveloperModeratorTranslator
Joined: 2005-11-28 22:21
Never

It means it must have never been installed or used on that PC. The best option for checking for all registry entries altered and local files changed by an app is to use a clean install of Windows within a virtual machine.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

Log in or register to post comments