Magical Uninstall starts with Windows and runs in the system tray. It will automatically detect any software you run, with "setup", or "install" (you can add other names) in the name and offer to monitor the installation.You can also manually start the monitoring process.Magical Uninstall first creates a "snapshot" of your system and then you install the software.Magical Uninstall will then create a second "snapshot". By comparing the two "snapshots", Magical Uninstall can create a log file of system changes.

Magical Uninstall can then use the log file, to completely remove the software at a later date.You are given the option during uninstallation, to create a reinstallation file, of the software you are removing, so that you can reinstall it at a later date, without the original installer.
Magical Uninstall works quite well, it's easy to use, with prompts at each stage and comes with a good help file. It successfully detected and monitored the test software I installed and later was able to completely remove all traces.However it does have a few drawbacks, deleted software is sent to the recycle bin and as the software is deleted file, by file, this means that the bin can be cluttered with hundreds of individual files, a nuisance if you need to search for something you have deleted by mistake (or perhaps it's just me that frequently does that!).Secondly the monitoring process is a bit slow and if you haven't got a lot of patience, you will soon get fed up waiting. For some strange reason it also monitored my "E" drive, which seemed a bit pointless, as you would normally install software to the "C" drive.
Magical Uninstall does a reasonable job and if you have the patience, will keep your hard drive neat and tidy. But in my opinion the freeware program ZSoft Uninstaller is superior, it can analyze an installation slightly quicker and also provides a superior replacement for the Windows add/remove utility.
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p.s Somewhat ironically, when I uninstalled Magical Uninstall, it didn't remove all its own folders and registry settings.
