Dell SupportAssist

How to uninstall Dell SupportAssist from your computer

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Dell SupportAssist for Windows. It is developed by Dell. Go over here for more information on Dell. More information about the application Dell SupportAssist can be seen at http://www.dell.com/. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files\Alienware\SupportAssist directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Dell SupportAssist by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Alienware\SupportAssist\uninstaller.exe /arp. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called pcdlauncher.exe and its approximative size is 450.29 KB (461096 bytes).

The executable files below are installed along with Dell SupportAssist. They take about 12.20 MB (12790448 bytes) on disk.

• applauncher.exe (27.24 KB)
• EnableToolbarW32.exe (19.24 KB)
• FilterDriverFix.exe (21.74 KB)
• hybridGPUSwitch.exe (135.74 KB)
• imstrayicon.exe (418.79 KB)
• koala.exe (420.24 KB)
• LogGrabber.exe (1.79 MB)
• netshprop.exe (414.74 KB)
• obistutil.exe (49.74 KB)
• pcd.exe (624.79 KB)
• pcdlauncher.exe (450.29 KB)
• pcdrbci.exe (214.79 KB)
• pcdrcui.exe (1.35 MB)
• PcdrEngine.exe (22.24 KB)
• pcdsecondarysplash.exe (537.79 KB)
• ProcessReLauncher.exe (17.24 KB)
• resourceUtil.exe (40.74 KB)
• schdTasks.exe (30.79 KB)
• sessionchecker.exe (426.79 KB)
• shortcutinstaller.exe (417.24 KB)
• uaclauncher.exe (1.10 MB)
• uninstaller.exe (2.26 MB)
• wifiradio.exe (20.24 KB)
• pcdrollbackhealer.exe (743.79 KB)
• appupdater.exe (773.79 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.3.6817.107 of Dell SupportAssist. For more Dell SupportAssist versions please click below:

• 1.2.0.255
• 1.0.6584.52
• 2.0.6875.356
• 1.6.0.107
• 2.0.6875.668
• 2.1.0.72590
• 1.0.1.44
• 1.2.6745.47
• 1.0.0.1048
• 2.2.0.89772
• 1.2
• 1.1.6664.93
• 1.7.0.57
• 1.0.6584.81
• 1.3.6817.133
• 1.5.0.182
• 1.3.0.148
• 1.3.6855.212
• 2.0.1.55945
• 1.1.6664.10
• 1.1.0.2197
• 1.3.6855.61
• 1.2.6793.01
• 2.0.6875.189
• 1.3.6855.72
• 2.0.6875.402

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If planning to uninstall Dell SupportAssist you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PC-Doctor for Windows

A way to uninstall Dell SupportAssist from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dell SupportAssist is an application offered by Dell. Frequently, computer users try to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because doing this by hand takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE way to uninstall Dell SupportAssist 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Dell SupportAssist or simply click the Search feature and type in "Dell SupportAssist". The Dell SupportAssist program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Dell SupportAssist in the list of programs, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Dell SupportAssist, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Dell SupportAssist:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.dell.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Alienware\SupportAssist\uninstaller.exe /arp

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Dell SupportAssist.


8. After uninstalling Dell SupportAssist, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Dell SupportAssist which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Dell SupportAssist with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Dell SupportAssist by Dell from your PC, nor are we saying that Dell SupportAssist by Dell is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Dell SupportAssist in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.