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Searching event log to find out when a program was uninstalled


I am trying to find out when a program was uninstalled on a Win2k machine by searching through the event log. Which log should I search and are there any good keywords to search on to tag the uninstall event?


Solution

  • In case the program was uninstalled using Microsoft Installer you will find events from source "MsiInstaller".

    I think that no other installer write events to Event Log (maybe Install Shield does). Maybe there will be some custom .log files from 3rd party un/installer.