Thanks to everyone for their kind works and Iroc for the help.
In the past, the Installmate just included a required setup file in the WinPatrol folder. The current version no longer does this which is probably required due to changes in Windows. I suspect they can’t store data in a folder they don’t own. Even future versions of WinPatrol will be moving data to ProgramData or other User sub folders.
I don’t understand why any cleaner program would remove this folder. If any other programs user Installmate they’ll no longer be able to use the standard Uninstaller that is set in the Control Panel Add/Remove Uninstall applet.
I do have a WinPatrolRemove program created to remove everything but it does not know of the Installmate folder yet so it won’t remove it until it’s updated. I would like to see these programs make it an option. We had a similar experience with CCleaner and I was happy to share what our files did and they now provide a WinPatrol specific option.
I haven’t heard from Xplode yet but Thisisu responded that as of JRT v5.1.1 the InstallMate folder will no longer be removed by the Junkware Removal Tool.
As for AdwCleaner, I didn’t allow Installmate to be deleted and from now on will only use AdwCleaner for information only until I research each find then I will manually delete these files.
I don’t feel like, because AdwCleaner had a few false positives, that it is considered an advanced user program or guidance is needed. If ccleaner, or avast’s browser cleanup, or Malwarebytes had a few false positives, would each now turn into programs used under supervision only?
It is distributed at Download.com, Softpedia and Bleeping Computers and neither the developer’s comments or the comments by the evaluators give any warning about using this program under supervision.
Thank you for taking the time to answer here and to write to Xplote. Hopefully they will whitelist the Installmate folder like Junkware Removal Tool (JRT) by Thisisu did.