Jim Haynes eBooks and Articles » windows 7 http://jimhaynesebooks.com Writing articles for the fun of it and hopefully sharing ideas with the world. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:06:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Acronis True Image Home 2010 not uninstalling under Windows 7 – Rant http://jimhaynesebooks.com/archives/2010/01/02/acronis-true-image-home-2010-not-uninstalling-under-windows-7-rant/ http://jimhaynesebooks.com/archives/2010/01/02/acronis-true-image-home-2010-not-uninstalling-under-windows-7-rant/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:53:00 +0000 jhaynes http://jimhaynesebooks.com/archives/2010/01/02/acronis-true-image-home-2010-not-uninstalling-under-windows-7-rant/ A quick rant and word of caution to any future Acronis True Image Home 2010 user. As of this article’s writing, there seems to be a bug or problem with the Acronis True Image Home 2010 Uninstaller and Windows 7.

An alternative is Handy Backup Professional but please continue on below for those who are interested.

After using Acronis True Image Home 2010 for perhaps two months or so, I decided to uninstall it and it simply would not uninstall. You go to Add/Remove programs or rather “Uninstall or change a program” in Windows 7, select Acronis and choose Uninstall and at the second dialog box it simply hangs there and does nothing.

Unfortunately due to the paid customer support that Acronis has, I have been unable to contact them about this and I guess the program will have to stay installed until Acronis gets around to providing an update or uninstaller of some sort.

Simply wanted to get this off of my chest and let others know so that they do not go and make the same mistake I did.

Updated Jan 17 2010: There is now the ability to remove Acronis True Image Home 2010 by using their clean up utility. It is located at Acronis True Image Home 2010 Clean Up Utility

Updated September 8 2010: For those looking for an alternative please give Handy Backup Professional a try. There is a trial download and the prices are comparable.

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