Avid Media Composer

How to uninstall Avid Media Composer from your PC

Avid Media Composer is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Avid Technology. Further 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 commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. The full command line for removing Avid Media Composer is MsiExec.exe /X{08EA7B90-0F20-4E77-B9A6-7C559E20B820}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. Avid Media Composer's main file takes about 33.08 MB (34688776 bytes) and its name is AvidMediaComposer.exe.

The executables below are part of Avid Media Composer. They take an average of 42.52 MB (44586264 bytes) on disk.

• AvidBackgroundServicesManager.exe (86.76 KB)
• AvidBinIndexer.exe (280.76 KB)
• AvidCrashReporter.exe (464.76 KB)
• AvidInspector.exe (43.26 KB)
• AvidMediaComposer.exe (33.08 MB)
• AvidOPFrameGeneratorApp.exe (178.26 KB)
• AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe (163.76 KB)
• AvidSearch.exe (49.26 KB)
• EditorServiceMgr.exe (22.26 KB)
• pictcomm.exe (30.26 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (21.76 KB)
• Alias.exe (15.76 KB)
• BMP.exe (18.26 KB)
• Chyron.exe (20.76 KB)
• Cineon.exe (17.76 KB)
• ERIMovie.exe (20.76 KB)
• Framestore.exe (23.26 KB)
• IFF.exe (26.26 KB)
• JPEG.exe (59.26 KB)
• OMF.exe (27.26 KB)
• PCX.exe (20.76 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (24.26 KB)
• PICT.exe (24.26 KB)
• Pixar.exe (19.26 KB)
• PNG.exe (57.26 KB)
• QRT.exe (16.26 KB)
• Rendition.exe (15.76 KB)
• SGI.exe (19.26 KB)
• SoftImage.exe (17.26 KB)
• SunRaster.exe (16.76 KB)
• Targa.exe (19.26 KB)
• TIFF.exe (220.76 KB)
• Wavefront.exe (17.76 KB)
• XWindows.exe (22.26 KB)
• YUV.exe (15.76 KB)
• Alias.exe (16.76 KB)
• BMP.exe (17.76 KB)
• Chyron.exe (20.76 KB)
• Cineon.exe (18.26 KB)
• ERIMovie.exe (21.26 KB)
• Framestore.exe (22.26 KB)
• IFF.exe (20.26 KB)
• JPEG.exe (54.26 KB)
• OMF.exe (60.26 KB)
• PCX.exe (17.26 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (18.26 KB)
• PICT.exe (18.76 KB)
• Pixar.exe (16.76 KB)
• PNG.exe (46.76 KB)
• QRT.exe (16.26 KB)
• Rendition.exe (16.26 KB)
• SGI.exe (18.76 KB)
• SoftImage.exe (17.76 KB)
• SunRaster.exe (16.26 KB)
• Targa.exe (18.76 KB)
• TIFF.exe (193.76 KB)
• Wavefront.exe (18.76 KB)
• XWindows.exe (16.76 KB)
• YUV.exe (19.26 KB)
• QuickTime_OPServer.exe (1.76 MB)
• HWInstall.exe (1.92 MB)
• AAFDump.exe (177.76 KB)
• Dutil.exe (124.76 KB)
• MXFDump.exe (317.76 KB)
• AvidTitleTool.exe (1.35 MB)
• Marquee.exe (1.02 MB)
• pictcomm.exe (30.26 KB)

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The current page applies to Avid Media Composer version 8.8.0.45435 only. You can find below info on other 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
• 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
• 8.4.3.38375
• 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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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Avid Media Composer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Avid Media Composer from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\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\MSP_AvidMXF.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

Registry that is not removed:

• 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

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values 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\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{08EA7B90-0F20-4E77-B9A6-7C559E20B820}\

A way to erase Avid Media Composer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avid Media Composer is a program by Avid Technology. Frequently, users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK action to uninstall Avid Media Composer is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be made available 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". The Avid Media Composer application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Avid Media Composer in the list , the following information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Avid Media Composer, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Avid Media Composer:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall 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 detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Avid Media Composer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above 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 for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Avid Media Composer supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.