Perfect Uninstall Plone with Max Uninstaller – How to Guide

Plone is a content management system(short for CMS) as well as document publishing system, it can be used for different types of website such as blogs, webshops etc. There is a one click-and-run installer to help you easily install Plone in your system, since Plone is not a regular Windows software and it does not show up in the All Program menu after the installation, some user complains that they don’t know how to uninstall Plone from their system. For people who has such uninstall problem, follow the uninstall instruction in this article and the problem can be solved easily.

Uninstall Plone automatically and quickly with Max Uninstaller

The most convenient way to completely uninstall Plone is using Max Uninstaller, many people knows that Add/Remove program can help them with the removal, actually it usually fail to do the job “completely”, there are always some files/registry keys been left in the system even you have performed the removal successfully, while Max Uninstaller can help you remove Plone and all of the related remnants completely within clicks, see the below video demonstration of how to easily uninstall Plone with Max Uninstaller.

Video demonstration

Step 1: Download Max Uninstaller here, install it in your computer.
Step 2:Open Max Uninstaller, select Plone in the right hand list, then click “Run Analysis”

Step 3: After all program files/folders and associated registry entries are scanned out. Click “Complete Uninstall” to start the Plone removal. Click “Yes” to confirm the action.

Step 4: Wait for the standard uninstall completed. Click “No” in the pop-up to restart your computer later.  Click “Scan Leftovers”, and Max Uninstaller will conduct a full scan on your computer for program leftover.

Step 5: After the scan finish, click “Delete Leftovers” and “Yes” button to thoroughly remove all the leftovers.

Step 6: Max Uninstaller has now fully uninstalled Plone related files and extensions. Click “OK” to finish.

Manual solutions to uninstall Plone

Part 1: Remove Plone from Add/Remove program
(For Windows XP/2000)

• Click Start > Control Panel
• In the Control Panel, select Add/Remove program
• Spot Plone in the installed program list and highlight it
• Click the “Remove” button.

• You will be asked “Are you sure you want to completely remove Plone 4.1 and all of its components?” Click “Yes” to proceed.

• The wizard will start to remove Plone for you, wait patiently until the it is finish.

• After the removal complete, you will receive this message, click OK button to close it.

• Reboot your computer after the removal.

(For Windows Vista/7)

• Click on the bottom left Start button and select Control Panel.
• Click on the “Uninstall a Program” in the “Program” Categories
• Find out Plone in the program list and click on it.
• Select the “Uninstall” option.
• Follow the instruction to proceed the removal
• Reboot your computer after the removal.

Alternative solution: Activate the uninstaller from Plone installation folder

• Open My Computer from Start menu.
• Navigate to the installation folder of Plone
• Double click on the unins000.exe icon

• Follow the instruction given in Solution1
• Reboot your computer after you finish the removal.

Part 2: Remove registry leftover key

• Go to Start > Run.
• In the run window, type the commend of “regedit” in it, and click OK
• After you open Registry Editor, click on the file menu and select Export

• In the Export Range section, select “All”

• Named the backup file as “registry backup”.
• Select a location to save the file (Note: do not save in system drive) and click the Save button.
• Click the “+” sign of registry editor to navigate the registry branch on the left.
• Locate the below registry key folder showed in the below image, right click on it and select delete.

• Reboot your computer after the modification.

Note: Step 3 – step 6 is for creating a registry backup,.this could help you to prevent potential problems that caused by mistaken registry operations, so it is important to create a backup before start any registry modification. If you are not familiar with the registry edition, or simply want an easier and quicker way to remove Plone, it is suggested to use Max Uninstaller to help you with the task.

All right, Plone now has been removed from your computer completely. Is it quite easy to uninstall Plone with the third party program? It only takes you a few of minutes to do that. Please remember that reboot your computer to let the changes take effect after you finish the uninstall. Don’t be hesitate to use the uninstall tool to assist you accomplish the removal. If you are not very familiar with the computer, uninstall tool would be the first choose for you. Because if you would like to uninstall Plone completely, you have to remove the related folders and registry entries of it. Any mistaken deleting of Windows registry keys of course will absolutely freezes your PC system and even crash it. Therefore, in order to save your time and additional fees, downloading Max Uninstaller to help uninstall Plone is the best way. You have no need to worry about anything because Max Uninstaller does everything for you automatically.