什麼 究竟 那些安裝應用程序正在進行中嗎？如果你想密切關注事物，你需要合適的工具。
今天，我們的問答環節來自SuperUser，它是Stack Exchange的一個分支，這是一個社區驅動的問答網站。
問題
超級用戶讀者Gregory Moussat想要了解安裝程序後面的內容：
I want to know what some installers do: mainly what files, folders, and registry entries they add, remove, or modify.
Lots of “professional” programs are so poorly documented that it’s difficult to find the proper way to configure them, update them, etc.
InstallRite is a program which is able to take a “snapshot” before and after the installation of a program and then compare the snapshots. This allows you to know what was done and even to create a custom uninstaller. Unfortunately InstallRite seems to no longer be maintained and has not been updated since 2008.
什麼工具代替InstallRite？
答案
貢獻者Synetech提供了另一種工具：
There are several and I have tested at least 10-12, but the one I prefer and recommend is ZSoft Uninstaller. It is free and is good at finding difference without overwhelming you with extraneous clutter like most of these programs, even commercial ones tend to do.
I also use PC Magazine’s InCtrl 5 which is very good (enough to get Microsoft’s approval), but several years ago they stopped distributing their programs for free, but because it used to be free, there are still plenty of copies available (unfortunately not so with the newer InCtrl X.)
如果您有興趣獲得InCtrl（InCtrl X）的大修副本，它將為您帶來8美元，更多關於InCtrl X的信息。
另一位撰稿人Prahlad Yeri就如何手動調查應用程序正在做什麼提供了一些建議：
What an installer truly does in detail cannot be known, except perhaps by reverse-engineering its binary instructions. Here are a few signs that you can check:
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Check for application folders in your Program Files directory. There is usually an entry in
C:Program FilesAppXYZ
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同樣檢查系統文件夾（
C:WindowsSystem32
）。您的應用可以放置庫（DLL / OCX / TLB）。
- 運行CCleaner以查看它是否已創建任何註冊表項。 CCleaner還會顯示應用程序可能進行的其他一些更改，例如註冊MIME類型等。
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請記住檢查.NET GAC（全局程序集緩存）。它包含您的應用程序可能已在您的計算機上註冊的所有.NET程序集。它通常在文件夾中
C:windowsassembly
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顯而易見（但有時顯而易見的是被忽視了！）：
- 開始菜單和桌面快捷方式
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文件
C:usersUSER-NAMEApplication Data
（CCleaner將展示這些）
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“啟動”菜單中的條目和
boot.ini
（跑
msconfig
檢查這些）
在使用應用程序檢查快照並手動檢查文件之間，您將完全覆蓋所有基礎。您可以在這裡查看SuperUser的完整討論。有工具或技術添加到列表中嗎？在評論中發聲。