Bonjour

How to uninstall Bonjour from your computer

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Bonjour for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Apple Inc.. More data about Apple Inc. can be seen here. Detailed information about Bonjour can be seen at http://www.apple.com/it. The program is usually placed in the C:\Programmi\Bonjour folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Bonjour by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{8A253629-0511-4854-8B4E-46E57E66005C}. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Bonjour's primary file takes about 337.28 KB (345376 bytes) and is named mDNSResponder.exe.

The executable files below are part of Bonjour. They take about 337.28 KB (345376 bytes) on disk.

• mDNSResponder.exe (337.28 KB)

The current web page applies to Bonjour version 2.0.1.2 only. You can find here a few links to other Bonjour versions:

• 3.1.0.1
• 2.0.0.34
• 2.0.2.0
• 3.0.0.9
• 3.1
• 3.0.0.10
• 2.0.4.0
• 1.0.105
• 2.0.5.0
• 1.0.106
• 2.0.0.36
• 2.0.3.0
• 3.0.0.2
• 1.0.104

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Bonjour.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Bonjour:

• C:\Program Files\Bonjour

The files below are left behind on your disk by Bonjour's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\About Bonjour.lnk
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\da.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\de.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\en.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\en_GB.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\es.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\fi.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\fr.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\it.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\ja.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\ko.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\nb.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\nl.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\pl.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\pt.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\pt_PT.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\ru.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\sv.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\zh_CN.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\zh_TW.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mdnsNSP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
• C:\Windows\Installer\{8A253629-0511-4854-8B4E-46E57E66005C}\Bonjour.ico

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Inc.\Bonjour
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\926352A811504584B8E4645EE76600C5
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{8A253629-0511-4854-8B4E-46E57E66005C}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\eventlog\Application\Bonjour Service

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\926352A811504584B8E4645EE76600C5\Bonjour
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\926352A811504584B8E4645EE76600C5\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Bonjour\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{8A253629-0511-4854-8B4E-46E57E66005C}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service\ImagePath

How to erase Bonjour from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Bonjour is an application marketed by Apple Inc.. Sometimes, people try to erase this program. Sometimes this is hard because removing this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY approach to erase Bonjour is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Bonjour or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Bonjour". If it is installed on your PC the Bonjour app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Bonjour in the list of programs, some data about the application is available to you:

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

For example you can see that for Bonjour:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.apple.com/it
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{8A253629-0511-4854-8B4E-46E57E66005C}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Bonjour.


8. After removing Bonjour, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Bonjour which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Bonjour using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Bonjour by Apple Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that Bonjour by Apple Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Bonjour supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.