When uninstalling, the uninstaller reads this journal and for any file that is in the install directory but not in the journal, it asks you whether or not the file or directory should be deleted.
I have observed that many uninstallers delete the *only* files copied by the installer and won't touch any other files e.x user generated log files, backup conf files ( if any in the installed directories ) So I would say the current approach is good if we just take out that confirmation dialog and leave those files that were not written by the installer Kiran Ayyagari
