Talk:Uninstaller

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Contents 1 Third Party Uninstallers 2 Uninstall A Word? 3 GG Uninstall 4 Why are they often called unwise.exe?

[edit] Third Party Uninstallers

Maybe we should consider putting all the third party uninstaller stuff on it's own page? Andrew Morritt 00:33, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)

Norton Clean Sweep is the ancestor of Norton GoBack? --Mircea.Vutcovici 16:34, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uninstall A Word?

Is uninstall even a word? I remember my english teacher asserted that uninstall is not a word. FreeBSD uses deinstall (make deinstall). Are they trying to be different or did they realise something that someone else hasn't? Uranther 03:23, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Google hits suggests "uninstall" is more common than "deinstall". My own personal preference is for the antonym of "install" to be "remove" rather than multiplicitizing verbositociousness ... but the term "uninstall" seems to be reasonably well established. --FOo 05:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GG Uninstall

rofl.

[edit] Why are they often called unwise.exe?

Are developers just trying to imply that it is "unwise" for the user to stop using their product, or is there some other meaning? Does anyone know the origin of this convention? I'd like to see something about this in the article, even if it's just stating that it's not really known. AllUltima 23:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)