Avid Media Composer

A guide to uninstall Avid Media Composer from your computer

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove Avid Media Composer for Windows. It is produced by Avid Technology. Take a look here for more info on Avid Technology. You can read more about on Avid Media Composer at http://www.avid.com. Avid Media Composer is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer directory, subject to the user's choice. You can remove Avid Media Composer by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{08EA7B90-0F20-4E77-B9A6-7C559E20B820}. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. Avid Media Composer's primary file takes around 43.70 MB (45819344 bytes) and is called AvidMediaComposer.exe.

Avid Media Composer contains of the executables below. They occupy 53.23 MB (55820656 bytes) on disk.

• AvidBackgroundServicesManager.exe (86.45 KB)
• AvidBinIndexer.exe (280.45 KB)
• AvidCrashReporter.exe (464.45 KB)
• AvidInspector.exe (42.95 KB)
• AvidMediaComposer.exe (43.70 MB)
• AvidOPFrameGeneratorApp.exe (186.95 KB)
• AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe (163.95 KB)
• AvidSearch.exe (49.45 KB)
• EditorServiceMgr.exe (21.95 KB)
• pictcomm.exe (29.95 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (21.45 KB)
• Alias.exe (15.45 KB)
• BMP.exe (17.95 KB)
• Chyron.exe (20.45 KB)
• Cineon.exe (17.45 KB)
• ERIMovie.exe (20.45 KB)
• Framestore.exe (22.95 KB)
• IFF.exe (25.95 KB)
• JPEG.exe (58.95 KB)
• OMF.exe (26.95 KB)
• PCX.exe (20.45 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (23.95 KB)
• PICT.exe (23.95 KB)
• Pixar.exe (18.95 KB)
• PNG.exe (123.95 KB)
• QRT.exe (15.95 KB)
• Rendition.exe (15.45 KB)
• SGI.exe (18.95 KB)
• SoftImage.exe (16.95 KB)
• SunRaster.exe (16.45 KB)
• Targa.exe (18.95 KB)
• TIFF.exe (220.45 KB)
• Wavefront.exe (17.45 KB)
• XWindows.exe (21.95 KB)
• YUV.exe (15.45 KB)
• Alias.exe (16.45 KB)
• BMP.exe (17.45 KB)
• Chyron.exe (20.45 KB)
• Cineon.exe (17.95 KB)
• ERIMovie.exe (20.95 KB)
• Framestore.exe (21.95 KB)
• IFF.exe (19.95 KB)
• JPEG.exe (53.95 KB)
• OMF.exe (59.95 KB)
• PCX.exe (16.95 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (17.95 KB)
• PICT.exe (18.45 KB)
• Pixar.exe (16.45 KB)
• PNG.exe (85.95 KB)
• QRT.exe (15.95 KB)
• Rendition.exe (15.95 KB)
• SGI.exe (18.45 KB)
• SoftImage.exe (17.45 KB)
• SunRaster.exe (15.95 KB)
• Targa.exe (18.45 KB)
• TIFF.exe (193.45 KB)
• Wavefront.exe (18.45 KB)
• XWindows.exe (16.45 KB)
• YUV.exe (18.95 KB)
• QuickTime_OPServer.exe (1.76 MB)
• HWInstall.exe (1.92 MB)
• AAFDump.exe (178.95 KB)
• Dutil.exe (124.45 KB)
• MXFDump.exe (320.95 KB)
• AvidTitleTool.exe (1.35 MB)
• Marquee.exe (1.02 MB)
• pictcomm.exe (29.95 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 8.8.5.46340 of Avid Media Composer. You can find below info on other releases of Avid Media Composer:

• 8.5.3.41980
• 8.9.0.46580
• 18.2.0.48210
• 18.12.2.51455
• 2.7
• 18.12.0.50185
• 8.8.1.45610
• 23.8.0.56411
• 19.8.0.53300
• 23.8.1.58000
• 8.4.4.38500
• 21.12.0.55552
• 18.12.6.52120
• 21.6.0.55401
• 8.4.2.37885
• 18.7.0.49130
• 21.2.0.55281
• 18.12.7.52530
• 18.4.0.48530
• 18.10.0.49715
• 8.9.4.47330
• 22.12.0.56274
• 23.3.0.56310
• 8.9.3.47085
• 8.4.5.38655
• 8.7.2.44855
• 8.4.0.37270
• 18.12.13.55275
• 19.7.0.52740
• 8.4.1.37770
• 18.12.15.55945
• 19.9.0.53409
• 18.12.1.50360
• 19.11.0.53522
• 8.6.1.43430
• 8.5.0.41065
• 19.12.0.53599
• 22.12.2.56580
• 22.7.0.56190
• 22.4.0.56108
• 21.5.0.55349
• 2.8.0
• 8.5.2.41475
• 8.6.3.43955
• 20.9.0.55173
• 8.10.0.47475
• 22.10.0.56239
• 20.5.0.55039
• 8.8.3.45905
• 8.6.0.43235
• 8.8.0.45435
• 8.4.3.38375
• 23.12.0.58093
• 18.12.8.52935
• 18.3.0.48375
• 21.9.0.55465
• 18.1.0.47600
• 18.8.0.49295
• 8.8.2.45735
• 8.6.4.44230
• 20.10.0.55211
• 8.9.2.46900
• 20.8.0.55112
• 20.6.0.55071
• 8.9.1.46710
• 23.8.2.58042
• 18.12.12.54850
• 21.3.0.55320
• 8.8.4.46095
• 18.12.11.54250
• 8.5.1.41150
• 18.12.14.55680
• 18.5.0.48725
• 20.4.0.55005
• 8.7.0.44700
• 18.11.0.49905
• 18.9.0.49485
• 18.12.3.51505
• 18.12.5.51845
• 24.2.0.58174
• 19.6.0.52395
• 2.7.2
• 20.12.0.55237

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avid\Avid Media Composer

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AAE.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AAFCOAPI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AAXHost.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AAXShared.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ACFPluginHost.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ACFTranscodeWrapper.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ACME.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ADMCommon.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ADMDevices.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Aed.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Aeu.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AFEContainerExtension.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AFnd.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AMAUtilLib20.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ameImportExport.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ameLibrary.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ameQuickTime.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ameWaveformEngine.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ami.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AMI_Mob.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\amimdk.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AMPIHost.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ASIFONT.FON
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ASIPORT.INI
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\ASIPORT.RSR
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AuiCore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Aut.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvCoreM2W10.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicudt51.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuin51.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuio51.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuuc51.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avid AEOs\Avid_DVD_Producer.aeo
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVID.ICO
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidBackgroundServicesManager.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidBinIndexer.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidBSMClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidCrashReporter.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidDataInterchange.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidDeviceInfo.bat
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidDeviceInfo.fbs
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidDX_HWctl.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidDX_HWctlBridge.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidDX_VDM.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidInspector.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidMediaComposer.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidOPFrameGeneratorApp.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidSatinWrapper.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidSearch.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\avidsearchext.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidVideoSlave.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidVidSatInterface.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\avisupp32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvITV.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvOmfToolkit_mc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvUIshell20.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\avx.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AAFProcessor.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\ACFString.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\acpl_convert.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\acpl_cpu.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\acpl_gpu.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\acpl_lut.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\acpl_main.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\acpl_processing.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AcplEffects.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AMAAutodetect\AMAAutodetect.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AMAAutodetect\RegisteredExtensions.xml
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AMAAutodetect\RegisteredExtensions.xsd
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AMADeviceMonitor.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AMALogger.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AMASampleProviderSupport.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AVCHD\mc_dec_avc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AVCHD\MSP_AVCHD.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\AVCHD\MVP_AVCHD.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\mc_dec_avc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaCollector\MVP_MediaCollector.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\Q7\AAC_ContainerHandler.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\Q7\JPEGContainerHandler.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\Q7\LEPCore.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\Q7\MetadataTranslator.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\Q7\MSP_Q7.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\Q7\QTFFContainerHandler.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\Q7\TiffContainerHandler.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\QuickTime\AAFInfo.xml
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\QuickTime\FourCharMapper.xml
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\QuickTime\MVP_MSP_QuickTime.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\XMLPlugin.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMFComposition.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\amfEdit.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\amfPlayer.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\amfRelink.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\amfSearch.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\amfService.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AudioMetersWindow.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AvidPanAndZoom.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AvidVDM_Bridge.acf
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\ByteBlock.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Caption.avx

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\09B7AE8002F077E49B6AC755E9028B02
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{08EA7B90-0F20-4E77-B9A6-7C559E20B820}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\09B7AE8002F077E49B6AC755E9028B02\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avid AEOs\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\bearer\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Help\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\HIIP\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\iconengines\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\imageformats\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\LicenseFiles\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\OnlineLibrary\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\platforms\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Presets\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\printsupport\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Private_Plug-Ins\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\python\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\QuickTimeServer\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Resources\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\SupportingFiles\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\System Plug-Ins\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\TitleTool\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\translations\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{08EA7B90-0F20-4E77-B9A6-7C559E20B820}\

How to erase Avid Media Composer from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avid Media Composer is an application marketed by Avid Technology. Sometimes, people want to remove this application. This can be hard because removing this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE practice to remove Avid Media Composer 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Avid Media Composer or simply activate the Search field and type in "Avid Media Composer". If it is installed on your PC the Avid Media Composer program will be found very quickly. After you click Avid Media Composer in the list of programs, some information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Avid Media Composer, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Avid Media Composer:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.avid.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{08EA7B90-0F20-4E77-B9A6-7C559E20B820}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Avid Media Composer.


8. After removing Avid Media Composer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Avid Media Composer that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Avid Media Composer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Avid Media Composer by Avid Technology from your PC, we are not saying that Avid Media Composer by Avid Technology is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Avid Media Composer 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.