Alien Swarm

A way to uninstall Alien Swarm from your PC

This page is about Alien Swarm for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It is written by Valve. Further information on Valve can be found here. Click on http://www.alienswarm.com to get more info about Alien Swarm on Valve's website. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. Alien Swarm's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe. swarm.exe is the Alien Swarm's main executable file and it occupies about 76.00 KB (77824 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Alien Swarm. They take an average of 288.00 KB (294912 bytes) on disk.

• srcds.exe (84.00 KB)
• swarm.exe (76.00 KB)
• addoninstaller.exe (128.00 KB)

Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\addoninstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\adminserver.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\binkw32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\bsppack.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\bugreporter_filequeue.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\bugreporter_public.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\cmdseqdefault.wc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\datacache.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dbinfo_job_search.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dbinfo_vrad.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dbinfo_vvis.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dedicated.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dependency_info_shadercompile.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dependency_info_vfxcompile.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dependency_info_vrad.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dependency_info_vvis.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dxsupport.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\dxsupport_episodic.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\engine.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\enginetools.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\filesystem_stdio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\filesystemopendialog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\height2normal.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\inputsystem.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\launcher.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\localize.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\materialsystem.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\mdllib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\motionmapper.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\mss32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\mssmp3.asi
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\mssvoice.asi
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\msvcr71.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\parsifal.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\rdmwin32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\scenefilecache.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\serverbrowser.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\serverplugin_empty.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\shaderapidx10.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\shaderapidx9.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\shaderapiempty.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\soundemittersystem.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\soundsystem.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\stdshader_dbg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\stdshader_dx9.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\steam.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\steam_api.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\steamclient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\studiorender.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\texturecompile_dll.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\tier0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\tier0_s.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\tools\actbusy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\unitlib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\valve_avi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\valveaddin.addin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vaudio_miles.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vaudio_speex.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vgui2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vguimatsurface.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vidcfg.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vmtfilters.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vphysics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vscript.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vstdlib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vstdlib_s.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vtex.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\vtex_dll.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\wc.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\bin\xinput1_3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_danish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_dutch.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_english.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_finnish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_french.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_german.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_italian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_japanese.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_korean.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_koreana.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_norwegian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_polish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_portuguese.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_russian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_schinese.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_spanish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_swedish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_tchinese.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\admin_thai.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\game_ready.wav
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\helpfile.vdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\helpfile_adminmod.vdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\helpfile_cstrike.vdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\hlds_logo.tga
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\mainserverconfig.vdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\server_danish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\server_dutch.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\server_english.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\server_finnish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm\platform\admin\server_french.txt

Generally the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 630

How to delete Alien Swarm from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Alien Swarm is a program by Valve. Some people try to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY approach to uninstall Alien Swarm is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Alien Swarm or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Alien Swarm". If it exists on your system the Alien Swarm app will be found automatically. When you click Alien Swarm in the list of apps, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Alien Swarm, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Alien Swarm:

• The publisher is: http://www.alienswarm.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Alien Swarm.


8. After removing Alien Swarm, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Alien Swarm that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Alien Swarm using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Alien Swarm by Valve from your PC, nor are we saying that Alien Swarm by Valve is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Alien Swarm supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.