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How to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series from your computer

This web page is about Sound Blaster Z-Series for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Creative Technology Limited. You can find out more on Creative Technology Limited or check for application updates here. Please follow if you want to read more on Sound Blaster Z-Series on Creative Technology Limited's page. Usually the Sound Blaster Z-Series application is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove Sound Blaster Z-Series by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{0DF9A219-C781-49A7-B77F-F648698F54AD}. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. SBZ.exe is the Sound Blaster Z-Series's primary executable file and it occupies about 856.50 KB (877056 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Sound Blaster Z-Series. They occupy about 2.80 MB (2939688 bytes) on disk.

  • Setup.exe (31.50 KB)
  • AddMCat.exe (50.00 KB)
  • CtHSvc64.EXE (127.00 KB)
  • AddMCat.exe (50.00 KB)
  • CtEpDef32.exe (30.50 KB)
  • CtHdaSvc.EXE (120.00 KB)
  • AddCat.exe (41.50 KB)
  • setup.exe (272.50 KB)
  • setup.exe (249.00 KB)
  • SBSpkCal.exe (572.07 KB)
  • CTSUAppu.exe (428.72 KB)
  • SBZ.exe (856.50 KB)
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This web page is about Sound Blaster Z-Series version 1.01.05 only. For more Sound Blaster Z-Series versions please click below:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series:
  • 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\cthda32.cat
  • 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

Registry that is not removed:
  • 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\912A9FD0187C7A947BF76F8496F845DA
  • 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\{0DF9A219-C781-49A7-B77F-F648698F54AD}

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\912A9FD0187C7A947BF76F8496F845DA\ProductName


How to erase Sound Blaster Z-Series using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sound Blaster Z-Series is a program by the software company Creative Technology Limited. Frequently, people try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. One of the best QUICK manner to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button
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5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Sound Blaster Z-Series or simply click the Search field and type in "Sound Blaster Z-Series". The Sound Blaster Z-Series application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Sound Blaster Z-Series in the list of programs, the following information about the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Sound Blaster Z-Series, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Sound Blaster Z-Series:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.creative.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{0DF9A219-C781-49A7-B77F-F648698F54AD}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series.
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8. After uninstalling Sound Blaster Z-Series, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Sound Blaster Z-Series which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Sound Blaster Z-Series using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series by Creative Technology Limited from your PC, we are not saying that Sound Blaster Z-Series by Creative Technology Limited is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-03-20 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-03-20 18:23:59.050