title: How do I completely uninstall Red Gate's .NET Reflector?
body: <p>When I installed .NET Reflector for the first time, it was as easy as unzipping it, dragging the folder to the appropriate place on my disk, and launching it. From within the UI, I was able to configure things like Windows Explorer and Visual Studio integration. This was all very nice, and I used it extensively.</p>
  
  <p>Now, I can't use any of it anymore because Red Gate has decided not just to begin charging for <em>new</em> versions of its software, but to lock out all <em>existing</em> versions. My personal feelings about that have motivated me not to upgrade to the latest version, and in fact, not to use any Red Gate software at all. Fortunately, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2425973/open-source-alternatives-to-reflector">there are lots</a> of great <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2646707/something-better-than-net-reflector">free and/or open source alternatives</a>; I'll be picking one of those.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is that <strong>I can't figure out how to completely eliminate of all traces of Reflector from my PC(s)</strong>. I need to be able to <em>open up</em> the software so that I can ask it to remove itself from Explorer and Visual Studio before I go blindly deleting the folder from my disk. <em>But I can't do that</em> because I'm not willing to pay for it or download a new version. Instead, I get this unhelpful and now-inaccurate message:</p>
  
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/WhDwQ.png" alt="This is the last free version of .NET Reflector which will expire May 30. Do you want to download a free 14 day trial of version 7?"></p>
  
  <p>Yes, I could probably delete the executable, and then go hacking around in the Registry myself to remove the shell integration and all of the associations. But I'd prefer not to do that. The software should provide me with a way to remove it, like all other software, especially now that it's no longer free.</p>
  
  <p>So what is that way? Downloading the trial version just so that I can remove it is not a reasonable option.</p>