Avid Media Composer

How to uninstall Avid Media Composer from your computer

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Avid Media Composer for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Avid Technology. More information on Avid Technology can be found here. Detailed information about Avid Media Composer can be found at http://www.avid.com. Avid Media Composer is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. Avid Media Composer's full uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{C046E0E6-A004-4689-8D12-FB99AEAB55FB}. AvidMediaComposer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 48.41 MB (50757632 bytes) on disk.

Avid Media Composer is composed of the following executables which take 55.73 MB (58432328 bytes) on disk:

• acfcacheregister.exe (31.00 KB)
• AvidBackgroundServicesManager.exe (85.00 KB)
• AvidBinIndexer.exe (305.00 KB)
• AvidCrashReporter.exe (414.50 KB)
• AvidInspector.exe (37.00 KB)
• AvidMediaComposer.exe (48.41 MB)
• AvidOPFrameGeneratorApp.exe (232.00 KB)
• AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe (200.50 KB)
• AvidSearch.exe (46.00 KB)
• EditorServiceMgr.exe (19.50 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (19.00 KB)
• BMP.exe (14.50 KB)
• Cineon.exe (14.00 KB)
• JPEG.exe (56.50 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (20.00 KB)
• PICT.exe (20.00 KB)
• PNG.exe (122.00 KB)
• TIFF.exe (218.50 KB)
• BMP.exe (13.50 KB)
• Cineon.exe (14.50 KB)
• JPEG.exe (51.00 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (14.50 KB)
• PICT.exe (14.50 KB)
• PNG.exe (84.50 KB)
• TIFF.exe (191.50 KB)
• QuickTime_OPServer.exe (1.75 MB)
• HWInstall.exe (659.32 KB)
• AAFDump.exe (151.00 KB)
• MXFDump.exe (213.50 KB)
• AvidTitleTool.exe (1.34 MB)
• Marquee.exe (1.02 MB)
• pictcomm.exe (24.00 KB)

...click to view all...

The information on this page is only about version 19.9.0.53409 of Avid Media Composer. 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
• 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
• 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...
When you're planning to uninstall Avid Media Composer you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:

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

The files below remain on your disk by Avid Media Composer when you uninstall it:

• 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\atmos_storage.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\atmos_storage_adm_bwf.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\Avicudt42.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\Avicuin42.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\Avicuuc42.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\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\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_4.6.47_vc12.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\AvidMXF_SDK_4.6.49_vc12.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_chrono-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_chrono-vc120-mt-x64-1_70.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_date_time-vc120-mt-x64-1_70.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_filesystem-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_filesystem-vc120-mt-x64-1_70.dll

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\6E0E640C400A9864D821BF99EABA55BF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C046E0E6-A004-4689-8D12-FB99AEAB55FB}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6E0E640C400A9864D821BF99EABA55BF\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\{C046E0E6-A004-4689-8D12-FB99AEAB55FB}\

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

Avid Media Composer is a program offered by Avid Technology. Some users choose to erase this application. This can be troublesome because deleting this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY way 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

DOWNLOAD NOW

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

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

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Avid Media Composer, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Avid Media Composer:

• The publisher is: http://www.avid.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{C046E0E6-A004-4689-8D12-FB99AEAB55FB}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Avid Media Composer.


8. After removing Avid Media Composer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click 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 uninstalling Avid Media Composer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Avid Media Composer by Avid Technology from your PC, nor are we saying that Avid Media Composer by Avid Technology is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.