PDFCreator

How to uninstall PDFCreator from your computer

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall PDFCreator for Windows. It was created for Windows by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery. You can find out more on Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery or check for application updates here. More details about PDFCreator can be seen at http://www.sf.net/projects/pdfcreator. PDFCreator is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. You can uninstall PDFCreator by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 2.96 MB (3100672 bytes) on disk and is labeled PDFCreator.exe.

PDFCreator installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 5.06 MB (5303744 bytes) on disk.

• PDFCreator.exe (2.96 MB)
• unins000.exe (701.44 KB)
• Images2PDF.exe (696.50 KB)
• Images2PDFC.exe (153.50 KB)
• TransTool.exe (600.00 KB)

The current web page applies to PDFCreator version 1.4.1 only. You can find below info on other application versions of PDFCreator:

• 1.2.3
• 1.2.2
• 0.9.7
• 1.2.0
• 1.1.0
• 1.4.0
• 1.6.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.0.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.8.1
• 1.0.0
• 1.9.0
• 1.4.2
• 1.0.0.0
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.3
• 1.3.0
• 0.9.5
• 1.5.0
• 1.0.2
• 1.2.1
• Unknown
• 1.4.3
• 1.3.1
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.6
• 1.3.2
• 0.9.0

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall PDFCreator.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\pdfforge\PDFCreator

The files below were left behind on your disk by PDFCreator when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\pdfforge\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.log

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsInfoSpoolFile
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsSpoolFile
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsTools
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsToolTip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsUpdate
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\PDFCreator.clsInfoSpoolFile
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\PDFCreator.clsSpoolFile
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\PDFCreator.clsTools
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\PDFCreator.clsToolTip
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\PDFCreator.clsUpdate
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\PDFCreator

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\pdfcreator.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe

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

PDFCreator is a program released by the software company Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery. Frequently, people decide to remove this program. This is efortful because deleting this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK practice to remove PDFCreator is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate PDFCreator or simply click the Search field and type in "PDFCreator". If it is installed on your PC the PDFCreator app will be found automatically. After you select PDFCreator in the list of applications, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about PDFCreator, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PDFCreator:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.sf.net/projects/pdfcreator
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove PDFCreator.


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

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall PDFCreator by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery from your computer, we are not saying that PDFCreator by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall PDFCreator in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.