ANSYS Discovery

A guide to uninstall ANSYS Discovery from your computer

ANSYS Discovery is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It is made by ANSYS, Inc. Take a look here where you can read more on ANSYS, Inc. ANSYS Discovery is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v201 directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. The entire uninstall command line for ANSYS Discovery is C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v201\Uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is called Ans.DriverSetup.exe and occupies 479.50 KB (491008 bytes).

ANSYS Discovery contains of the executables below. They take 1.80 MB (1887728 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall.exe (1.23 MB)
• fileassoc.exe (104.00 KB)
• Ans.DriverSetup.exe (479.50 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 20.1 of ANSYS Discovery. You can find below info on other versions of ANSYS Discovery:

• 20.2
• 21.1
• 19.3
• 22.2
• 23.1

Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove ANSYS Discovery from your PC.

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ANSYS_DISCOVERY201

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\addins\act\bin\win64\ansys.act.browser.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\addins\act\bin\win64\ansys.act.browser.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\aisol\bin\winx64\ansyswbu.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\aisol\bin\winx64\ansyswbu.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\framework\bin\win64\ansysfww.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\framework\bin\win64\ansysfww.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{27068832-B1BB-42FA-BA81-359DA94FA5B5}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\addins\act\bin\win64\ansys.act.browser.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{57A7036E-E8B8-4A61-855C-47FC65444561}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\commonfiles\tcl\bin\winx64\wish.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{AD4E5F45-4F52-4F40-B5B9-B5E752433360}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\framework\bin\win64\ansysfww.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{BE26D8B7-49FB-4EC2-9E1F-8592757D9426}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\commonfiles\mpi\intel\2018.3.210\winx64\bin\pmi_proxy.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{EE307FA4-45D1-4455-8425-015655F425B4}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\commonfiles\mpi\intel\2018.3.210\winx64\bin\mpiexec.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{F3AF736B-5D18-4E04-A9EB-827385D2035F}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\aisol\bin\winx64\ansyswbu.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{1BCAE7FD-C7C3-47A5-8701-CC01E1371C4D}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\aisol\bin\winx64\ansyswbu.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{2C794FD5-16DF-4331-B9E1-F36AD92E3325}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\commonfiles\tcl\bin\winx64\wish.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{2CA121E6-C759-44A7-B008-8E95AF491170}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\framework\bin\win64\ansysfww.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{4E7137FC-B90C-43C7-B929-F367A2C8F502}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\commonfiles\mpi\intel\2018.3.210\winx64\bin\pmi_proxy.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{8682B64F-D739-4121-ABA7-72C9A8807654}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\commonfiles\mpi\intel\2018.3.210\winx64\bin\mpiexec.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{941050ED-50B1-47EB-B5CD-E16A6E77DA72}C:\program files\ansys inc\ansys student\v201\addins\act\bin\win64\ansys.act.browser.exe

A way to uninstall ANSYS Discovery from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ANSYS Discovery is a program released by ANSYS, Inc. Sometimes, people want to remove this program. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY action to remove ANSYS Discovery 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate ANSYS Discovery or simply activate the Search feature and type in "ANSYS Discovery". The ANSYS Discovery program will be found automatically. When you click ANSYS Discovery in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about ANSYS Discovery, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove ANSYS Discovery.


8. After removing ANSYS Discovery, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of ANSYS Discovery which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing ANSYS Discovery using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove ANSYS Discovery by ANSYS, Inc from your PC, nor are we saying that ANSYS Discovery by ANSYS, Inc is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove ANSYS Discovery in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.