How do I uninstall .NET Reflector expired trial?

Hi there,

Thanks for posting. I realise this situation isn't ideal at the moment, and a solution is in the offing.

For now, the best workaround is as follows...

Firstly, download the latest early access build from the bottom of the homepage at http://www.reflector.net/ and extract the zip file to a convenient folder. Before you continue it's probably best to make sure you don't have Visual Studio running or the .NET Reflector menu won't disappear from it until you reopen it.

Now run the extracted Reflector.exe (you should find a new trial is started). Click Continue on the trial dialog to dismiss it, then click on Tools > Visual Studio and Windows Explorer Integration on the main menu. Now, if any checkboxes are checked, uncheck them and click OK, then re-open the same dialog box again. Make sure you check all the checkboxes for versions of Visual Studio you have installed, and the Windows Explorer integration, then hit OK again. This ensures that you have the integration for the latest Reflector EA build installed, and will remove any previous integration.

Now open the integration options dialog once more, uncheck everything, and hit OK.

Close Reflector and you should find that the add-ins have been uninstalled. Note that as I mentioned above, if you had Visual Studio open whilst you were doing this, you'll need to close and reopen it for the menu to disappear.

You can then just delete Reflector from your system.

In terms of solution I think we'll probably provide a button to access the Visual Studio and Windows Explorer Integration dialog directly from the trial dialog, meaning you can install or uninstall from there, as appropriate. I did think about automatically uninstalling for people whose trials have expired, but that's going to be annoying for anyone who then enters a serial number to activate the product at a later date and is bound to lead to support requests - much better to leave this under the direct control of users I think, because you will have had to make a conscious choice to install it in the first place (install isn't done automatically either).

Hope that helps.

Thanks,

Bart