Altium Designer 18
A way to uninstall Altium Designer 18 from your system
Altium Designer 18 is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by
Altium Limited. More information about Altium Limited can be seen
here. You can read more about about Altium Designer 18 at
http://www.altium.com. Usually the Altium Designer 18 application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18 folder, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Altium Designer 18. The program's main executable file is named X2.EXE and it has a size of 39.84 MB (41776544 bytes).
Altium Designer 18 installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 154.18 MB (
161668296 bytes) on disk.
- AltiumMS.exe (12.71 MB)
- X2.EXE (39.84 MB)
- 7za.exe (523.50 KB)
- ADElevator.exe (11.88 MB)
- DxpPdfViewer.exe (5.22 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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If you are manually uninstalling Altium Designer 18 we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders remaining:- C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}
The files below are left behind on your disk by Altium Designer 18's application uninstaller when you removed it:- C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18\shfolder.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\DXP_Shutdown.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\DXP_SplashScreen.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\DXP_Startup.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_08267C9A
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_1857491F
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_1B84BA0E
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_261ED1B9
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_26F3A777
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_3AA2FBAE
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_3BFC9BF8
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_3F63063C
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_447C9246
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_51396588
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_61E769BF
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_67EAC989
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_703BF433
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_8AFB3D37
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_8B95C898
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_92E197EF
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_9F412A68
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_AAA3FB44
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_B469807E
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_B841EF67
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_BDA62A3C
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_C5F9A2FC
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_DEED235F
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_DF1D8CB6
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_E459BEE9
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_E491F4C1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_E5397F9F
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_E60AE04B
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Mesh\MZ_E9A052D7
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\ButtonTab.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\cache.info
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\CheckBox.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\CollapseBottom.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\CollapseBottomTop.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\CollapseRightLeft.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\CollapseTop.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\DocumentTabTrue.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\Dropdown.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\DropdownGlyphFalse.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\DropdownGlyphTrue.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\EditorQuickButton.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\EllipsisGlyph.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\GridChecksFalse.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\GridChecksTrue.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\GridDragging.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\GridEditorGlyphs.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\GridFilterGlyph.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\GridIndicators.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\GridSortGlyph.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\HierarchyFalse.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\HierarchyFalse0.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\HierarchyFalse1.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\InplaceEdit.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\PanelCaptionGlyphs.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\PanelTabFalse.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\PanelTabTrue.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\ProgressBar.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\ProgressBody.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonNormal.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSeparator.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSimple.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\Radio.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\ScrollArrowsFalse.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\ScrollArrowsTrue.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\ScrollThumbFalse.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\ScrollThumbTrue.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\SearchCancel.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\SideBarArrow.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\SpinArrows.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\TabFalse.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\TabTrue.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\TextBox.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\TrackBar.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\TrackThumbFalse.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\TrackThumbTrue.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\TriangleArrow12Left.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UIThemeCache\TriangleArrow12Right.bmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ADVPCB.DFT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Advsch.dft
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\Advsch.MMsdft
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\DXP.RAF
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\DXP.RCS
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\LastWorkspace\Workspace1.DsnWrk
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\UserTools.TLT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Black.config_3d
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Blue.config_3d
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Brown.config_3d
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Color By Layer.config_3d
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Dk Green.config_3d
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Lt Green.config_3d
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Red.config_3d
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D White.config_3d
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium Standard 2D.config_2dsimple
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\Altium Transparent 2D.config_2dsimple
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}\ViewConfigurations\RegisteredViewConfigurations.ini
Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Altium\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Altium\Builds\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Altium Designer {769E55FC-A0C9-4672-9C27-B7016E9D3368}
Registry values that are not removed from your computer:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{D47C68D1-F784-4CDF-84B1-9E5A4931C4D1}C:\program files\altium\ad18\x2.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{F8A1C89C-BE3A-423E-AD21-2A4A14FB7109}C:\program files\altium\ad18\x2.exe
How to erase Altium Designer 18 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Altium Designer 18 is a program marketed by the software company Altium Limited. Some computer users try to remove it. This is easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE way to remove Altium Designer 18 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:
1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.
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- download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.
3. Press the General Tools button

4. Press the Uninstall Programs button

5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Altium Designer 18 or simply click the Search field and type in "Altium Designer 18". If it exists on your system the Altium Designer 18 application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Altium Designer 18 in the list of applications, some information about the program is made available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Altium Designer 18, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Altium Designer 18:
- The software company is: http://www.altium.com
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Altium\AD18\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Altium Designer 18.

8. After removing Altium Designer 18, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Altium Designer 18 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Altium Designer 18 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Altium Designer 18 by Altium Limited from your PC, we are not saying that Altium Designer 18 by Altium Limited is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Altium Designer 18 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2018-04-28 13:36:08.683