Wave Uninstaller
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Roadmap

Six phases. P0 and P1 are done, P2 and P3 in part — Wave removes programs and their leftovers today, and every removal can be put back. The order cannot change: forced uninstallation without a working undo is a data-loss feature.

  1. P0

    Inventory

    Read the registry, MSI database and Store packages, merge them into one row per program, and show it as a sortable list.

    Done
    • Both registry views, so 32-bit programs are not silently missing
    • MSI product codes tie a registry entry to its product; display names are only a fallback
    • Reads that fail become a visible warning, not a silent gap
  3. P1

    Uninstalling

    Start the program's own uninstaller, wait for it to really finish, then remove the install directory and the uninstall key.

    Done
    • Waits on the whole process tree: NSIS and Inno copy themselves to %TEMP% and exit at once
    • Files move to a backup — the first release that removes anything already had one
    • Store packages go through the package manager, not a command line
  5. P2

    The scan

    The actual feature. Search everywhere leftovers hide, score each finding, and never offer what the protection list claims.

    Partly
    • Done: Program Files, ProgramData, AppData, start menu shortcuts, vendor keys, App Paths, startup entries
    • Done: three buckets — safe, review, unsure — each finding carrying its reasoning, and a protection list that runs before the score exists
    • Open: services and scheduled tasks through their own APIs
    • Open: temp, prefetch, jump lists, shell extensions, shared DLL refcounts
  7. P3

    Undo

    The safety net everything after it depends on. Nothing is deleted, only moved, and every operation is journalled first.

    Partly
    • Done: files keep their path structure in the backup and move back from it
    • Done: registry keys stored as JSON and as an importable .reg file
    • Done: an append-only journal, written before each step rather than after, so a crash mid-operation still leaves something to undo
    • Open: ACLs and timestamps, retention, an optional system restore point
  9. P4

    The extras

    What people buy Revo for — last, because each one needs P3's undo to already work.

    Open
    • Junk hunter: leftovers of programs uninstalled long ago
    • Startup manager, service and task views
    • Forced uninstall when a program's own uninstaller is broken
  11. P5

    Shipping

    Between working software and something a stranger can install.

    Open
    • Translations
    • Code signing — without it SmartScreen flags every fresh binary
    • Automatic updates

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How this is built

Three crates, one rule between them.

Part Responsibility
wave-core What is installed and what belongs together. Knows nothing about Windows.
wave-win32 Registry, MSI, MSIX. Makes no decisions.
src-tauri The Tauri shell and the commands the interface calls.
src The interface: React, TypeScript, Tailwind.
site This page. Static, no build step.

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