Non quis, sed quid.

If you’re like me and you tend to wonder what things you have installed on your system, you’ll find yourself regularly looking at Add/Remove Programs – or if you’re a subscriber to my blog, you’ll be using Revo Uninstaller a lot.

Either way, one thing will stick out like a sore thumb if you’ve been a good computer user and have been keeping your system up to date: multiple Java installations of different Java versions. Now, you could go and manually uninstall all the other Java versions – like I used to do – but why waste time?

Today’s Curious Finding makes that task as simple as clicking a few times. JavaRa by RaProducts allows you to easily remove older versions of Java and update your system to the latest version with a few clicks of your mouse.

RaProducts describes it best:

JavaRa is a simple tool that does a simple job: it removes old and redundant versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Simply select “Check for Updates” or “Remove Older Version” to begin.

Here’s what JavaRa looks like:

License Type
JavaRa is completely free and open source.

System Requirements
At the time of posting, JavaRa supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista without UAC.

Installation

1. Download JavaRa.
2. Extract the files from the .zip you downloaded and run JavaRa.exe

Uninstallation

1. Delete the files you extracted.

Download: JavaRa.
Info: Check out JavaRa’s website.

Program Description
If there’s one thing I do not like about Windows, it’s the useless Add/Remove Programs utility that I spend more time waiting for than anything else. To top it off, I only use it for a mere few minutes and then close it…which means I have to wait for it to find and list all the applications installed on my system each time I want to uninstall something.

Thankfully, there’s an excellent alternative to Windows’s built in install manager: Revo Uninstaller by the VS Revo Group.

Revo Uninstaller provides Windows users with an installed programs manager that is faster AND much more powerful than the built-in alternative provided with Windows. Where I usually have to wait a staggering few minutes just for Add/Remove Programs to list all the installed applications on my system, Revo Uninstaller lists them all (pretty much) instantly.

Not only is Revo Uninstaller faster than Add/Remove Programs, it is also more powerful. Where Add/Remove programs leaves junk from uninstalled programs behind, Revo Uninstaller scans your registry and your harddrive for any left overs when uninstalling an application.

License Type
Revo Uninstaller is completely free.

System Requirements
In order to use Revo Uninstaller you need either Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP or Windows 2000. Note: 64 Bit operating systems are NOT supported.

Installation

1. Download Revo Uninstaller.
2. Run the setup program you downloaded and follow the on screen instructions.

Uninstallation

1. Use Add or Remove Programs to uninstall it just like any other application.

Download: Revo Uninstaller.
Info: Check out Revo Uninstaller’s website.