Avid Media Composer

A way to uninstall Avid Media Composer from your computer

This info is about Avid Media Composer for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by Avid Technology. More information on Avid Technology can be found here. Please follow http://www.avid.com if you want to read more on Avid Media Composer on Avid Technology's page. Avid Media Composer is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option while installing the application. You can uninstall Avid Media Composer by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{A59D710E-587E-428F-9ED5-43F2C700E9B7}. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. Avid Media Composer's primary file takes around 58.37 MB (61209112 bytes) and is called AvidMediaComposer.exe.

Avid Media Composer installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 76.27 MB (79975632 bytes) on disk.

• acfcacheregister.exe (43.52 KB)
• AvidBackgroundServicesManager.exe (93.05 KB)
• AvidBinIndexer.exe (325.52 KB)
• AvidCrashReporter.exe (423.02 KB)
• AvidInspector.exe (49.02 KB)
• AvidIOManager.exe (389.02 KB)
• AvidMediaComposer.exe (58.37 MB)
• AvidOPFrameGeneratorApp.exe (256.54 KB)
• AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe (236.53 KB)
• AvidSearch.exe (141.51 KB)
• EditorServiceMgr.exe (31.02 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (637.02 KB)
• BMP.exe (26.00 KB)
• Cineon.exe (25.50 KB)
• JPEG.exe (68.00 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (31.51 KB)
• PICT.exe (31.50 KB)
• PNG.exe (133.50 KB)
• Targa.exe (26.50 KB)
• TIFF.exe (230.00 KB)
• BMP.exe (25.00 KB)
• Cineon.exe (26.00 KB)
• JPEG.exe (62.50 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (26.01 KB)
• PICT.exe (26.00 KB)
• PNG.exe (96.00 KB)
• Targa.exe (26.00 KB)
• TIFF.exe (203.00 KB)
• QuickTime_OPServer.exe (1.76 MB)
• HWInstall.exe (659.32 KB)
• AAFDump.exe (175.01 KB)
• dnxmov2mxf.exe (9.06 MB)
• MXFDump.exe (243.01 KB)
• AvidTitleTool.exe (1.36 MB)
• Marquee.exe (1.03 MB)
• pictcomm.exe (35.51 KB)

...click to view all...

The current page applies to Avid Media Composer version 22.12.0.56274 only. You can find below info on other application versions 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
• 8.8.5.46340
• 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
• 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

...click to view all...
Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb11372.22539\_igetintopc.com_Avid_Media_Composer_8_x64
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb11372.35247\_igetintopc.com_Avid_Media_Composer_8_x64
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb11544.14941\_igetintopc.com_Avid_Media_Composer_8_x64

The files below are left behind on your disk by Avid Media Composer's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\37af6380-d347-4f59-87d2-695b937aecc1.dmp
• 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\acfcacheregister.exe
• 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\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\AssetRegistry.dll
• 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\Avicudt62.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuin51.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuin62.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuio51.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuio62.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuuc51.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\Avicuuc62.dll
• 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\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\AvidIOManager.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidMediaComposer.exe
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidMXF_SDK_4.7.8_vc142.dll
• 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\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\IMF\AvidMXF_SDK_4.6.45_vc12.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\boost_chrono-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\boost_filesystem-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\boost_system-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\boost_thread-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\IMF_SDK_1.0.7_vc12.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\log4cplusU.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\MVP_MSP_IMF.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\xalan-c_1.11_vc12_x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\xalan-c-messages_1.11_VC12_x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\xerces-c_3.1_vc12_x64_u.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\IMF\xqilla23_vc12_x64_u.dll
• 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\MediaProcessor\AvidMXF_SDK_4.7.14_vc142.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_chrono-vc142-mt-x64-1_70.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_date_time-vc142-mt-x64-1_70.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_filesystem-vc142-mt-x64-1_70.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_system-vc142-mt-x64-1_70.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_thread-vc142-mt-x64-1_70.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\GenericHelper_14.2.64_vc142_u.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\IMEHost.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\IMF_SDK_1.1.15_vc142.dll

Generally the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E017D95AE785F824E95D342F7C009E7B
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{A59D710E-587E-428F-9ED5-43F2C700E9B7}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E017D95AE785F824E95D342F7C009E7B\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{A59D710E-587E-428F-9ED5-43F2C700E9B7}\

How to uninstall Avid Media Composer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avid Media Composer is a program offered by Avid Technology. Frequently, people want to erase this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because performing this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY procedure to erase Avid Media Composer is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

DOWNLOAD NOW

• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Avid Media Composer or simply click the Search feature and type in "Avid Media Composer". If it exists on your system the Avid Media Composer application will be found very quickly. After you click Avid Media Composer in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Avid Media Composer, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example 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{A59D710E-587E-428F-9ED5-43F2C700E9B7}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Avid Media Composer.


8. After removing Avid Media Composer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Avid Media Composer that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Avid Media Composer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 instructions on how to uninstall Avid Media Composer supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.