Altium Designer 18

A guide to uninstall Altium Designer 18 from your PC

This info is about Altium Designer 18 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is produced by Altium Limited. Open here where you can find out more on Altium Limited. You can get more details on Altium Designer 18 at http://www.altium.com. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18 folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary being determined by the user's decision. The full uninstall command line for Altium Designer 18 is C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe. X2.EXE is the programs's main file and it takes circa 39.61 MB (41538968 bytes) on disk.

Altium Designer 18 is comprised of the following executables which take 153.84 MB (161315528 bytes) on disk:

ADLicenseGen.exe (86.50 KB)
AltiumMS.exe (12.63 MB)
X2.EXE (39.61 MB)
7za.exe (523.50 KB)
ADElevator.exe (11.80 MB)
DxpPdfViewer.exe (5.18 MB)
ExtractDDB.exe (2.96 MB)
PCadB2AConverter.exe (112.50 KB)
CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (8.00 KB)
AltiumInstaller.exe (16.06 MB)
NDP461-KB3102436-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe (64.55 MB)
TouchProxy.exe (346.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 18.1.5.160 of Altium Designer 18. Click on the links below for other Altium Designer 18 versions:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders remaining:

C:\Program Files\altium\AD18
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {EA85DF7E-F6E0-463E-BCF2-13B631980A4E}
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {EA85DF7E-F6E0-463E-BCF2-13B631980A4E}
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IDM\DwnlData\UserName\Altium-20Designer-20beta-2019._3545

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Altium Designer 18:

C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\Altium.Controls.Skins.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\Altium.CrashReport.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\Altium.DotNetSupport.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\Altium_SQLite3_x64.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\AltiumMS.exe
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\ArcPour.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\avcodec-57.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\avfilter-6.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\avformat-57.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\avutil-55.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\COPYING.LGPLv2.1
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\d3dcompiler_47.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\d3dx9_33.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\d3dx9_43.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\EULA.pdf
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\EULA_CN.pdf
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\EULA_JP.pdf
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\FastMM_FullDebugMode.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\FastMM_FullDebugMode64.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\GPUPourLib.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\Help\ADES.HelpID
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\Help\ServerDlls.txt
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\libcairo-2x64.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\libcairo-gobject-2.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\libcairo-script-interpreter-2.dll
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\3M (Legacy)\3M Card CompactFlash.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\3M (Legacy)\3M Footprints.PcbLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\3M\3M Card CompactFlash.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\3M\3M Footprints.PcbLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\4D Systems Graphics Processors.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\4D Systems\4D Systems Graphics Processors.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel Axcelerator.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel eX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel Fusion.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel IGLOO nano.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel IGLOO PLUS.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel IGLOO.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel IGLOOe.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel MX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel ProASIC PLUS.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel ProASIC3 nano.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel ProASIC3.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel ProASIC3E.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel ProASIC3L.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel RT ProASIC3.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel RTAX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel RTSX-SU.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel SmartFusion.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel SX-A.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel 3200DX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel 40MX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel 42MX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ACT 1.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ACT 2.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ACT 3.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel Axcelerator.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel eX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel Footprints.PcbLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel Fusion FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel Fusion.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel IGLOO FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel IGLOO nano.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel IGLOO PLUS.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel IGLOO.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel IGLOOE FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel IGLOOe.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel IGLOOnano FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel IGLOOPLUS FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel MX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC 500K.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC A500K FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC APA FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC PLUS.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC3 FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC3 nano.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC3.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC3E FPGA.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC3E.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel ProASIC3L.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel RT ProASIC3.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel RTAX.IntLib
C:\Program Files\altium\AD18\library\Actel\Actel RTSX-SU.IntLib

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidAssemblyDoc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidAttribute
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidBody
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidComponent
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidCurve
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidCutout
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidEdge
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidEntity
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidFace
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidFeature
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidHole
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidMathTransform
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidMathUtility
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidMathVector
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidModelDoc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidModeler
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidModelView
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidParameter
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidPartDoc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidPropertyManager
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidSheet
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidSketch
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidSplineHandle
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidSplineParamData
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidSurface
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidTaskpaneView
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidVertex
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidSDK.SolidWorksApp
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Altium.Designer.Mechatronic.SolidWorks.Plugin.SwDesigndataConfiguration
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Altium\Altium Designer {80C1F9EC-249C-44D9-B423-A594935E252E}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Altium\Altium Designer {EA85DF7E-F6E0-463E-BCF2-13B631980A4E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Altium\Builds\Altium Designer {80C1F9EC-249C-44D9-B423-A594935E252E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Altium\Builds\Altium Designer {EA85DF7E-F6E0-463E-BCF2-13B631980A4E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Altium Designer {EA85DF7E-F6E0-463E-BCF2-13B631980A4E}

How to erase Altium Designer 18 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Altium Designer 18 is a program by Altium Limited. Sometimes, users try to remove this application. Sometimes this can be hard because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY practice to remove Altium Designer 18 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:

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Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Altium Designer 18, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
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The web site of the program is: http://www.altium.com
The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe

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This page is not a recommendation to remove Altium Designer 18 by Altium Limited from your PC, we are not saying that Altium Designer 18 by Altium Limited is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Altium Designer 18 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2018-05-03 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-05-03 12:58:15.260

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