Altium Designer 16

A guide to uninstall Altium Designer 16 from your PC

Altium Designer 16 is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. It is made by Altium Limited. Go over here for more info on Altium Limited. Click on http://www.altium.com to get more details about Altium Designer 16 on Altium Limited's website. Altium Designer 16 is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD16 folder, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. The full command line for removing Altium Designer 16 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD16\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file is titled DXP.EXE and it has a size of 19.48 MB (20424192 bytes).

The following executables are installed along with Altium Designer 16. They occupy about 95.17 MB (99795176 bytes) on disk.

• AltiumMS.exe (4.90 MB)
• DXP.EXE (19.48 MB)
• diff.exe (8.00 KB)
• diff3.exe (7.00 KB)
• diff4.exe (7.00 KB)
• svn-populate-node-origins-index.exe (21.00 KB)
• svn-rep-sharing-stats.exe (161.50 KB)
• svn.exe (224.00 KB)
• svnadmin.exe (65.00 KB)
• svnauthz-validate.exe (30.50 KB)
• svnauthz.exe (30.50 KB)
• svndumpfilter.exe (37.50 KB)
• svnlook.exe (57.50 KB)
• svnmucc.exe (34.00 KB)
• svnraisetreeconflict.exe (23.50 KB)
• svnrdump.exe (49.00 KB)
• svnserve.exe (157.50 KB)
• svnsync.exe (49.50 KB)
• svnversion.exe (23.50 KB)
• 7za.exe (523.50 KB)
• ADElevator.exe (5.17 MB)
• AltiumSynthesizer.exe (6.34 MB)
• datgen.exe (176.00 KB)
• DxpPdfViewer.exe (1,008.50 KB)
• USBInstaller.exe (59.67 KB)
• USBInstaller.exe (55.17 KB)
• AltiumInstaller.exe (8.43 MB)
• dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe (48.11 MB)

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This info is about Altium Designer 16 version 16.1.11.255 alone. Click on the links below for other Altium Designer 16 versions:

• 16.1.12.290
• 16.0.5.271
• 16.0.8.354
• 16.1.10.233
• 16.1.8.203
• 16.1.9.221
• 16.0.6.282
• 16.0.9.368
• 16.1.7.188

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If planning to uninstall Altium Designer 16 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD16
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}

The files below are left behind on your disk by Altium Designer 16's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\DXP_Shutdown.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\DXP_SplashScreen.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\DXP_Startup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\DXP.RAF
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\DXP.RCS
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\GeckoProfile\cert8.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\GeckoProfile\cookies.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\GeckoProfile\key3.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\GeckoProfile\permissions.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\GeckoProfile\prefs.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\GeckoProfile\secmod.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\LastWorkspace\Workspace1.DsnWrk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}\UserTools.TLT

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Altium\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Altium\Builds\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Altium Designer {BC417025-1434-4DC0-BC70-026C75867E0B}

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD16\DXP.EXE.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{6FB367D7-926E-46D9-AF7C-7DAFA0B1F08D}C:\program files (x86)\altium\ad16\dxp.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{D53DC1DC-75AE-4655-B83E-5481FBE819C2}C:\program files (x86)\altium\ad16\dxp.exe

How to delete Altium Designer 16 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Altium Designer 16 is a program marketed by the software company Altium Limited. Some people decide to remove it. Sometimes this is hard because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK approach to remove Altium Designer 16 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Altium Designer 16 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Altium Designer 16". If it exists on your system the Altium Designer 16 program will be found automatically. After you click Altium Designer 16 in the list of programs, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Altium Designer 16, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Altium Designer 16:

• The software company is: http://www.altium.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD16\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Altium Designer 16.


8. After removing Altium Designer 16, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Altium Designer 16 which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Altium Designer 16 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Altium Designer 16 by Altium Limited from your PC, we are not saying that Altium Designer 16 by Altium Limited is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Altium Designer 16 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.