Sound Blaster Z-Series

A guide to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series from your PC

Sound Blaster Z-Series is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by Creative Technology Limited. Take a look here for more information on Creative Technology Limited. You can see more info about Sound Blaster Z-Series at http://www.creative.com. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Sound Blaster Z-Series is MsiExec.exe /X{E48EE8B8-1CD6-4F60-AB93-7C398DAAE08E}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. Sound Blaster Z-Series's primary file takes around 718.50 KB (735744 bytes) and is named SBZ.exe.

Sound Blaster Z-Series installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 2.62 MB (2751272 bytes) on disk.

Setup.exe (31.50 KB)
AddCat.exe (41.50 KB)
CtHSvc64.EXE (116.50 KB)
CtEpDef32.exe (22.00 KB)
CtHdaSvc.EXE (110.00 KB)
setup.exe (272.50 KB)
setup.exe (249.00 KB)
SBSpkCal.exe (572.07 KB)
CTSUAppu.exe (428.72 KB)
SBZ.exe (718.50 KB)

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The current web page applies to Sound Blaster Z-Series version 1.00.21 alone. Click on the links below for other Sound Blaster Z-Series versions:

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When planning to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series

The files below were left behind on your disk by Sound Blaster Z-Series when you uninstall it:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\AddMCat.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\ctDco64.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\ctHda.sys
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CtHdaC64.DLL
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CtHdAs64.DLL
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\ctHDb.sys
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CTHMLX64.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CTHRFX64.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CtHSvc64.EXE
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\cthda.cat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\ctHda.inf
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\ctHda.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\cthda64.cat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\CTHMLX32.hda
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\CTHMLX64.hda
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\CTHRFX32.hda
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\CTHRFX64.hda
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\AddMCat.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\ctDco32.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CtEpDef32.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\ctHda.sys
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CtHdaCtl.DLL
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CtHdAsio.DLL
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CtHdaSvc.EXE
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\ctHDb.sys
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CTHMLX32.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CTHRFX32.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdabrz.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdachs.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdacht.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdadut.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdaeng.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdafrn.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdager.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdaita.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdajpn.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdakor.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdapol.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdarus.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdaspn.reg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\install.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Setup.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Setup.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\AMD64\AddCat.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\AMD64\setup.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\AMD64\setup.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\I386\AddCat.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\I386\setup.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\I386\setup.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\uninstall.bat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\CTAudEp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\CTAudEp.rsc
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\CTLdRsR.rsc
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\CTLoadRs.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\de-DE\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\de-DE\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\de-DE\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\en-US\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\en-US\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\en-US\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\es-ES\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\es-ES\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\es-ES\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\fr-FR\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\fr-FR\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\fr-FR\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\HookWndU.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\HWAboutU.DLL
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\it-IT\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\it-IT\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\it-IT\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ja-JP\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ja-JP\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ja-JP\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ko-KR\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ko-KR\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ko-KR\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\mfc42u.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\msvcp60.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\msvcrt.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\nl-NL\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\nl-NL\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\nl-NL\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pl-PL\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pl-PL\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pl-PL\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pt-BR\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pt-BR\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pt-BR\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ru-RU\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ru-RU\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ru-RU\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SBSpkCal.bff
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SBSpkCal.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SBSpkCal.rsc
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SBSpkCalAbt.bff
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SwInfo.dat
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\Version.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\WaveFile\lfenoise.wav
C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\WaveFile\noise.wav

Frequently the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Creative Tech\Audio Endpoint Selection\Sound Blaster Z-Series Control Panel
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Creative Tech\Sound Blaster Z-Series Control Panel
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8B8EE84E6DC106F4BA39C793D8AA0EE8
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Creative Tech\Installation\Sound Blaster Z-Series
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Creative Tech\Software Installed\Sound Blaster Z-Series Control Panel
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Creative Tech\Sound Blaster Z-Series Extras
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{E48EE8B8-1CD6-4F60-AB93-7C398DAAE08E}

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8B8EE84E6DC106F4BA39C793D8AA0EE8\ProductName

How to remove Sound Blaster Z-Series from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{E48EE8B8-1CD6-4F60-AB93-7C398DAAE08E}

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This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series by Creative Technology Limited from your computer, we are not saying that Sound Blaster Z-Series by Creative Technology Limited is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series supposing 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' computers.

2016-06-20 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-20 11:22:19.210

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