BOINC

A way to uninstall BOINC from your computer

BOINC is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Check out here for more details on Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. More info about the app BOINC can be found at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/. BOINC is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BOINC directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. The full command line for uninstalling BOINC is MsiExec.exe /I{0E3B4867-158F-4AE9-AADA-C2F3B5C1178C}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. BOINC's main file takes about 3.99 MB (4182784 bytes) and its name is boincmgr.exe.

BOINC installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 5.17 MB (5426176 bytes) on disk.

• boinc.exe (740.75 KB)
• boinccmd.exe (408.75 KB)
• boincmgr.exe (3.99 MB)
• boincsvcctrl.exe (8.00 KB)
• boinctray.exe (56.75 KB)

This data is about BOINC version 6.6.38 only. You can find below info on other versions of BOINC:

• 7.2.39
• 6.12.33
• 7.4.12
• 6.12.34
• 7.3.19
• 7.2.28
• 7.10.2
• 6.10.18
• 7.14.2
• 7.2.31
• 7.16.7
• 7.14.0
• 7.20.2
• 6.2.19
• 7.4.36
• 7.6.29
• 7.8.3
• 5.4.9
• 7.2.33
• 7.9.2
• 7.2.42
• 7.22.2
• 7.0.25
• 7.6.9
• 5.10.45
• 7.9.3
• 7.6.21
• 7.16.20
• 7.12.1
• 6.10.58
• 7.24.1
• 6.10.43
• 7.7.2
• 7.6.6
• 7.0.28
• 7.6.18
• 7.4.42
• 7.6.2
• 7.0.8
• 7.6.22
• 7.8.2
• 7.16.5
• 7.16.3
• 7.8.0
• 7.16.11
• 5.10.30
• 7.6.33
• 7.22.0
• 7.0.64
• 6.10.60
• 7.4.22
• 7.4.27

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A way to remove BOINC from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BOINC is an application released by the software company Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Sometimes, users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is hard because doing this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY practice to uninstall BOINC is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find BOINC or simply activate the Search field and type in "BOINC". If it is installed on your PC the BOINC app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click BOINC in the list , some information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding BOINC, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for BOINC:

• The software company is: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{0E3B4867-158F-4AE9-AADA-C2F3B5C1178C}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall BOINC.


8. After uninstalling BOINC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of BOINC that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing BOINC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley from your PC, we are not saying that BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall BOINC in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.