Ares

A way to uninstall Ares from your PC

This web page is about Ares for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by AresGalaxy. You can read more on AresGalaxy or check for application updates here. More info about the software Ares can be found at http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net. Ares is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\Ares directory, subject to the user's option. You can uninstall Ares by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Ares\uninstall.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. Ares's main file takes about 3.37 MB (3535360 bytes) and its name is Ares.exe.

Ares installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 5.44 MB (5707337 bytes) on disk.

• Ares.exe (3.37 MB)
• chatclient.exe (1.02 MB)
• chatServer.exe (426.50 KB)
• emoticonSelector.exe (540.50 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (112.07 KB)

This web page is about Ares version 2.4.63072 alone. You can find here a few links to other Ares versions:

• 2.4.73073
• 2.4.23066
• 2.5.53081
• 2.4.83074
• 2.5.13077
• 2.5.63082
• 2.5.03076
• 2.5.83084
• 2.4.53069
• 2.5.73083
• 2.4.03064
• 2.5.23078
• 2.4.33067
• 2.4.43068
• 2.5.33079
• 2.4.13065
• 2.5.43080
• 2.4.93075

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If you are manually uninstalling Ares we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Ares:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ChatroomIPs.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\default.m3u
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\DHTnodes.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\FailedSNodes.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ShareH.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ShareL.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\SNodes.dat

Many times the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ares.CollectionList
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ares
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Ares

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\users\UserName\desktop\ares - copy\ares.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\users\UserName\desktop\ares - copy\ares.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{05C91BE7-2B3D-45DE-B597-37E7D675A47F}C:\users\UserName\desktop\ares - copy\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{0E43C820-36BE-490C-AC23-1E048A8CCA71}C:\program files\ares\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{C9AC746A-A5E3-4617-BD59-C09251CC183A}C:\program files\ares\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{D3E6538E-B30E-44D8-99E5-B16B9EF8D449}C:\users\UserName\desktop\ares\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{8B0520CD-0112-41FC-B96E-CE05945F9DCE}C:\program files\ares\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{8D3387BD-A88A-4CA4-B687-8E7DA0D013C8}C:\users\UserName\desktop\ares - copy\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{E668FAC7-7501-408F-AD12-555E95DDE851}C:\program files\ares\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{FD2F532C-6829-4020-8EF0-F39C2C351892}C:\users\UserName\desktop\ares\ares.exe

How to remove Ares with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ares is a program offered by AresGalaxy. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this manually requires some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY action to uninstall Ares is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Ares or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Ares". If it exists on your system the Ares program will be found automatically. When you click Ares in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Ares, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Ares:

• The publisher is: http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Ares\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Ares.


8. After uninstalling Ares, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Ares which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Ares using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Ares by AresGalaxy from your PC, we are not saying that Ares by AresGalaxy is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Ares supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.