Winamp

A way to uninstall Winamp from your computer

This web page is about Winamp for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Nullsoft, Inc. Take a look here for more information on Nullsoft, Inc. You can read more about about Winamp at http://www.winamp.com/. Usually the Winamp application is placed in the C:\Program Files\Winamp folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full uninstall command line for Winamp is C:\Program Files\Winamp\UninstWA.exe. Winamp's main file takes about 1.25 MB (1307648 bytes) and its name is winamp.exe.

The following executables are contained in Winamp. They take 1.41 MB (1481064 bytes) on disk.

• UninstWA.exe (133.85 KB)
• winamp.exe (1.25 MB)
• winampa.exe (35.50 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 5.531 of Winamp. You can find below info on other versions of Winamp:

• 5.581
• 5.62
• 5.63.3234
• 5.58.2
• 5.571
• 5.63.3235
• 5.55
• 5.552
• 5.623
• 5.59
• 5.541
• 5.65
• 5.59.3033
• 5.551
• 5.52
• 5.572
• 5.621
• 5.51
• 1.0.0.1
• 5.57
• 5.6
• 5.62.3159
• 5.64
• 5.56
• 5.666
• 5.70.3402
• 5.58
• 5.61
• 5.54
• 5.66
• 5.61.3091
• 5.53
• 5.7
• 5.63
• 5.5
• 5.601
• 5.622

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If you're planning to uninstall Winamp you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Winamp from your computer:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\demo.mp3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\links.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\gen_ml.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\milk2_img.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\milk2_msg.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\feeds.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\main.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\main.idx
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\met1257.vmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\met1267.vmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\met1296.vmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\met12C5.vmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\met12F3.vmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\met1313.vmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\met1341.vmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\ml_dash.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\ml_online.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\ml_orb.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\playlists.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\recent.idx
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\rss.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\studio.xnf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Winamp.bm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\winamp.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\winamp.m3u
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Winamp.q1

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Winamp.Bookmark
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Winamp.Enqueue
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Winamp.Play
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\interface/x-winamp3-skin
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\interface/x-winamp-lang
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\interface/x-winamp-skin
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.LangZip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.PlayList
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.SkinZip
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Winamp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\Media\Winamp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\winamp_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\winamp_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winamp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Nullsoft\Winamp

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.AAC\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aiff\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asf\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asx\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.au\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cda\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.flac\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m2v\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m3u\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4a\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mat\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mid\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.midi\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mod\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp2\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pls\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rmi\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wma\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv\Winamp_Back
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wpl\Winamp_Back

How to uninstall Winamp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Winamp is a program released by the software company Nullsoft, Inc. Frequently, computer users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this by hand takes some experience related to PCs. The best QUICK action to uninstall Winamp is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Winamp or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Winamp". The Winamp program will be found very quickly. When you click Winamp in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Winamp, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Winamp:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.winamp.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Winamp\UninstWA.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Winamp.


8. After uninstalling Winamp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Winamp which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Winamp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Winamp by Nullsoft, Inc from your computer, nor are we saying that Winamp by Nullsoft, Inc is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Winamp supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.