BOINC

How to uninstall BOINC from your PC

You can find below details on how to uninstall BOINC for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Further information on Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley can be found here. Please follow http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ if you want to read more on BOINC on Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley's web page. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files\BOINC folder. Take into account that this location can differ depending on the user's preference. The entire uninstall command line for BOINC is MsiExec.exe /X{08B60D8A-F2EB-4D21-B05B-561A141027FF}. The application's main executable file is called boincmgr.exe and it has a size of 3.49 MB (3654832 bytes).

The following executables are installed beside BOINC. They take about 5.89 MB (6175776 bytes) on disk.

• boinc.exe (901.17 KB)
• boinccmd.exe (417.17 KB)
• boincmgr.exe (3.49 MB)
• boincscr.exe (1.04 MB)
• boincsvcctrl.exe (13.17 KB)
• boinctray.exe (69.17 KB)

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The current page applies to BOINC version 7.0.8 alone. Click on the links below for other BOINC versions:

• 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
• 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
• 7.6.22
• 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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How to remove BOINC from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BOINC is a program by the software company Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Frequently, computer users try to erase it. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE solution to erase BOINC is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on 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 the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find BOINC or simply click the Search field and type in "BOINC". If it exists on your system the BOINC application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click BOINC in the list of programs, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about BOINC, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for BOINC:

• The web site of the application is: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{08B60D8A-F2EB-4D21-B05B-561A141027FF}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove BOINC.


8. After uninstalling BOINC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong BOINC which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing BOINC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation 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 application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall BOINC supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.