BOINC

A guide to uninstall BOINC from your computer

BOINC is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Open here for more details on Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. You can see more info about BOINC at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/. Usually the BOINC application is installed in the C:\Program Files\BOINC folder, depending on the user's option during install. BOINC's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{21F75508-5B6F-434B-B137-B61548480A41}. The application's main executable file occupies 1.46 MB (1532192 bytes) on disk and is named boinc.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in BOINC. They take 12.86 MB (13485472 bytes) on disk.

• boinc.exe (1.46 MB)
• boinccmd.exe (626.78 KB)
• boincmgr.exe (8.64 MB)
• boincscr.exe (2.06 MB)
• boincsvcctrl.exe (16.28 KB)
• boinctray.exe (68.28 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 7.14.0 of BOINC. You can find below info on other application 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
• 7.20.2
• 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
• 6.6.38
• 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 delete BOINC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BOINC is an application released by the software company Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this program. This can be easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE manner 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find BOINC or simply click the Search feature and type in "BOINC". The BOINC application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click BOINC in the list , some information about the program is shown to you:

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

For instance you can see that for BOINC:

• The software company is: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{21F75508-5B6F-434B-B137-B61548480A41}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall BOINC.


8. After removing BOINC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of BOINC that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling BOINC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley from your computer, we are not saying that BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall BOINC supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.