Seems like everybody else is going the extra mile then. Including Windows itself, in the video you provided. Their own UI does not comply with standard Windows UI behavior, if I read you correctly?
What you call "unneeded complexity", I call user-friendly. Judging from your blog, we both share the same ideals:
Guess, we just have vastly different notions of what the above terms entail.The design goals for my uninstaller were:
1. Simple and user friendly. You should be able to choose what you see on your screen and adjust things freely, and easily.