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A guide to uninstall smartmontools from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall smartmontools for Windows. The Windows version was developed by smartmontools.org. Take a look here for more details on smartmontools.org. Please follow if you want to read more on smartmontools on smartmontools.org's web page. smartmontools is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\smartmontools folder, depending on the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling smartmontools is C:\Program Files\smartmontools\uninst-smartmontools.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. uninst-smartmontools.exe is the smartmontools's primary executable file and it occupies about 71.42 KB (73129 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are contained in smartmontools. They occupy 3.45 MB (3617581 bytes) on disk.

  • uninst-smartmontools.exe (71.42 KB)
  • runcmdu.exe (19.00 KB)
  • smartctl-nc.exe (1.09 MB)
  • smartctl.exe (1.09 MB)
  • smartd.exe (1.04 MB)
  • update-smart-drivedb.exe (116.38 KB)
  • wtssendmsg.exe (20.00 KB)
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This page is about smartmontools version 6.62017110545946.61 alone. Click on the links below for other smartmontools versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling smartmontools we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were left behind:
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\drivedb.h
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\runcmda.exe
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\runcmdu.exe
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartctl.exe
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartctl-nc.exe
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartd.conf
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartd.exe
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartd_mailer.conf.sample.ps1
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartd_mailer.ps1
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\smartd_warning.cmd
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\update-smart-drivedb.exe
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\wtssendmsg.exe
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\AUTHORS.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\ChangeLog.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\ChangeLog-5.0-6.0.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\checksums64.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\COPYING.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\INSTALL.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\NEWS.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\README.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\smartctl.8.html
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\smartctl.8.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\smartd.8.html
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\smartd.8.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\smartd.conf
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\doc\TODO.txt
  • C:\Program Files\smartmontools\uninst-smartmontools.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_bin_update-smart-drivedb_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_ChangeLog_txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_COPYING_txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_NEWS_txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_smartctl_8_html
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_smartctl_8_pdf
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_smartd_8_html
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_smartd_8_pdf
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_smartd_conf_5_html
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_doc_smartd_conf_5_pdf
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_smartmontools_uninst-smartmontools_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\https___builds_smartmontools_org_
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\https___www_smartmontools_org_

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\smartmontools

Additional registry values that you should delete:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3751410663-3976494708-195889017-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\smartmontools\bin\runcmdu.exe


A way to erase smartmontools from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

smartmontools is an application marketed by smartmontools.org. Frequently, people decide to erase this program. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE solution to erase smartmontools 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 the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find smartmontools or simply activate the Search field and type in "smartmontools". If it exists on your system the smartmontools application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select smartmontools in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about smartmontools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for smartmontools:





  • The web site of the program is: https://www.smartmontools.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\smartmontools\uninst-smartmontools.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall smartmontools.
Uninstall smartmontools


8. After uninstalling smartmontools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of smartmontools that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing smartmontools with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove smartmontools by smartmontools.org from your PC, nor are we saying that smartmontools by smartmontools.org is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove smartmontools in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-11-28 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-11-28 10:14:48.887