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Method and device for uninstalling application program

An application and installation process technology, applied in the direction of program control device, program loading/starting, hardware monitoring, etc., can solve the problem of system residual files, waste of resources such as storage, and inability to complete uninstallation, etc., to avoid residual information and improve the system. performance effect

Pending Publication Date: 2013-10-09
BEIJING QIHOO TECH CO LTD +1
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However, there may be at least the following problems in practical applications: some applications have been uninstalled according to the above conventional methods, but there may still be a large number of files left in the system
Obviously, since the application program has been deleted, these residual files are already useless files, and the existence of such files will cause waste of resources such as system storage
In addition, there may be situations where the uninstallation cannot be completed through the normal uninstallation method

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[0051] Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

[0052] First of all, it needs to be explained that when an application is installed in the system, the following operations are usually performed in the system: releasing some files to the specified directory, modifying the registry, including modifying the value of a registry key, or adding Add new registry entries to the registry, etc. Among them, the released files are generally the files that the application needs to rely on du...

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The invention discloses a method and device for uninstalling an application program. The method comprises the steps of obtaining path information of a file released in the installation process of the application program and modification information executed by a registry key, storing the path information of the obtained file and the modification information as a journal file, when the application program needs to be uninstalled, deleting the file released in the installation process of the application program according to the journal file,, and restoring the related registry key into the status before modification. According to the method and device for uninstalling the application program, the complete rollback of the file released in the installation process of the application program and the modified registry information can be achieved, and waste of system resources is avoided.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of application program uninstallation, in particular to a method and device for uninstalling application programs. Background technique [0002] There are few programs in the computer operating system. If you want the computer to realize multiple functions, you need to install corresponding application programs in the computer. Installing different applications can expand the functions of the computer, such as installing WinRAR for file compression, installing ACDSee for picture browsing, etc. And when a certain application program is no longer needed, in order to prevent it from continuing to occupy the storage space of the system, an uninstall operation may be performed on the application program. [0003] As we all know, there are generally three ways to uninstall an application: using "Add / Remove Programs" in the control panel, using the uninstaller that comes with the application, or using anti...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445G06F11/34
Inventor 张皓秋浦欣刘义平陈曦
Owner BEIJING QIHOO TECH CO LTD
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