Blogging Tools (and Removing Windows Live Writer)

By | 2012-01-19

Do you have a blog? What software tool do you use to your blog posting?

Till today, I’ve been using the ScribeFire addon for FireFox. It’s better than the direct web access on WordPress.com, but still has some shortcomings for me. I’ve put off finding something else till now.

As any geek knows, Microsoft applications are huge, bloated, and either very user friendly or a complete mess when it comes to a user experience. And in the case of their recent Live products not the easiest to get rid of.

I installed Windows Live Writer, which some reviews recommend for blogging. But after installing and deciding not to use it, I was unable to find how to easily uninstall it. I was not able to find it listed in Add/Remove, and they don’t offer an Uninstall link in the Start Menu folder it creates.

After some online research I found out that they bury the uninstaller in the Program Files folder. So on your C drive, go to “Program Files” and find the “Windows Live” folder tree. Look for a file named “wlarp.exe” in one of the folders, possibly the “Installer” sub-folder. Run that and you will be offered a means of uninstalling it.

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What I decided to go with for a blogging app is BlogDesk. A native Windows application. Clean and straight forward. And easier to add images than some other blogging tools.

My one issue was with editing existing posts. I found that editing existing posts made with ScribeFire were no longer formatted properly when BlogDesk pulls them up. But the posts that BlogDesk creates have the expected formatting. So I figure I can live with that for now. When I edit a post it’s usually soon after posting to correct a mistake.

So I’d like to recommend BlogDesk.

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