Avid Media Composer

A guide to uninstall Avid Media Composer from your PC

Avid Media Composer is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Avid Technology. You can find out more on Avid Technology or check for application updates here. You can get more details related to Avid Media Composer at http://www.avid.com. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Avid Media Composer is MsiExec.exe /X{FE6E89D8-1E97-4896-82A7-8A2A09FB2E8A}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 44.98 MB (47167816 bytes) on disk and is named AvidMediaComposer.exe.

Avid Media Composer installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 55.28 MB (57960592 bytes) on disk.

• acfcacheregister.exe (43.82 KB)
• AvidBackgroundServicesManager.exe (96.82 KB)
• AvidBinIndexer.exe (315.32 KB)
• AvidCrashReporter.exe (471.82 KB)
• AvidInspector.exe (49.82 KB)
• AvidMediaComposer.exe (44.98 MB)
• AvidOPFrameGeneratorApp.exe (242.82 KB)
• AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe (207.32 KB)
• AvidSearch.exe (59.32 KB)
• EditorServiceMgr.exe (32.32 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (28.82 KB)
• Alias.exe (24.82 KB)
• BMP.exe (26.82 KB)
• Chyron.exe (29.82 KB)
• Cineon.exe (26.82 KB)
• ERIMovie.exe (29.82 KB)
• Framestore.exe (32.32 KB)
• IFF.exe (34.82 KB)
• JPEG.exe (68.82 KB)
• OMF.exe (36.32 KB)
• PCX.exe (29.32 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (32.82 KB)
• PICT.exe (32.82 KB)
• Pixar.exe (27.82 KB)
• PNG.exe (135.82 KB)
• QRT.exe (24.32 KB)
• Rendition.exe (24.32 KB)
• SGI.exe (27.32 KB)
• SoftImage.exe (25.82 KB)
• SunRaster.exe (25.82 KB)
• Targa.exe (27.32 KB)
• TIFF.exe (231.32 KB)
• Wavefront.exe (26.32 KB)
• XWindows.exe (30.82 KB)
• YUV.exe (24.32 KB)
• Alias.exe (25.32 KB)
• BMP.exe (26.32 KB)
• Chyron.exe (29.82 KB)
• Cineon.exe (27.32 KB)
• ERIMovie.exe (30.32 KB)
• Framestore.exe (31.32 KB)
• IFF.exe (28.82 KB)
• JPEG.exe (63.82 KB)
• OMF.exe (70.32 KB)
• PCX.exe (25.82 KB)
• Photoshop.exe (27.32 KB)
• PICT.exe (27.32 KB)
• Pixar.exe (25.32 KB)
• PNG.exe (97.32 KB)
• QRT.exe (24.32 KB)
• Rendition.exe (24.82 KB)
• SGI.exe (27.32 KB)
• SoftImage.exe (25.82 KB)
• SunRaster.exe (24.82 KB)
• Targa.exe (27.32 KB)
• TIFF.exe (204.82 KB)
• Wavefront.exe (27.32 KB)
• XWindows.exe (25.32 KB)
• YUV.exe (27.82 KB)
• QuickTime_OPServer.exe (1.76 MB)
• HWInstall.exe (2.25 MB)
• AAFDump.exe (163.82 KB)
• MXFDump.exe (226.32 KB)
• AvidTitleTool.exe (1.36 MB)
• Marquee.exe (1.03 MB)
• pictcomm.exe (36.82 KB)

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This page is about Avid Media Composer version 18.12.0.50185 alone. Click on the links below for other Avid Media Composer versions:

• 8.5.3.41980
• 8.9.0.46580
• 18.2.0.48210
• 18.12.2.51455
• 2.7
• 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
• 8.8.0.45435
• 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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Quite a few files, folders and registry data will not be uninstalled when you remove Avid Media Composer from your PC.

Folders 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 when you remove Avid Media Composer:

• 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\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\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\MediaProcessor\AvidMXF_SDK_4.6.40_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_date_time-vc120-mt-1_61.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_system-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\boost_thread-vc120-mt-1_61.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\GenericHelper_14.2.33_vc12_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_1.0.2_vc12.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\log4cplusU.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\MediaProcessor_4.4.22_vc12.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\MSP_MediaProcessor.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\MXFviaAAF.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\picco_1.0.0.43_vc12.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\turbojpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\xalan-c_1.11_vc12_x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\xalan-c-messages_1.11_VC12_x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\AMA\MediaProcessor\xerces-c_3.1_vc12_x64_u.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8D98E6EF79E16984287AA8A290BFE2A8
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FE6E89D8-1E97-4896-82A7-8A2A09FB2E8A}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\avid\avid media composer\avidmediacomposer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\avid\avid media composer\avidmediacomposer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak\NvCplAppNamesStored\c:\program files\avid\avid media composer\avidmediacomposer.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak\NvCplAppNamesStored\c:\program files\avid\avid media composer\avidopframegeneratorapp.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8D98E6EF79E16984287AA8A290BFE2A8\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\{FE6E89D8-1E97-4896-82A7-8A2A09FB2E8A}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{2612D09F-81E6-4C3A-8485-7FE0CA5E5F46}C:\program files\avid\avid media composer\avidmediacomposer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{1354CB90-4447-4AAF-97BC-29A4F11B37CC}C:\program files\avid\avid media composer\avidmediacomposer.exe

How to remove Avid Media Composer from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avid Media Composer is a program offered by Avid Technology. Frequently, people want to remove this application. This is easier said than done because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how regarding PCs. The best QUICK way 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Avid Media Composer or simply click the Search feature and type in "Avid Media Composer". The Avid Media Composer app will be found automatically. After you select Avid Media Composer in the list , the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

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

For instance 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{FE6E89D8-1E97-4896-82A7-8A2A09FB2E8A}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Avid Media Composer.


8. After uninstalling Avid Media Composer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Avid Media Composer which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Avid Media Composer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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 uninstall Avid Media Composer by Avid Technology from your computer, we are not saying that Avid Media Composer by Avid Technology is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Avid Media Composer supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.