Avid Media Composer

A guide to uninstall Avid Media Composer from your PC

Avid Media Composer is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Avid Technology. You can find out more on Avid Technology or check for application updates here. More information about the software Avid Media Composer can be seen at http://www.avid.com. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer folder. Keep in mind that this path can vary depending on the user's preference. The full command line for removing Avid Media Composer is MsiExec.exe /X{C418251F-DF38-4F5F-89A0-BDC628EBF07B}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. AvidMediaComposer.exe is the Avid Media Composer's primary executable file and it takes close to 31.95 MB (33497352 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Avid Media Composer. They occupy about 41.17 MB (43168008 bytes) on disk.

• AvidBackgroundServicesManager.exe (86.26 KB)
• AvidBinIndexer.exe (282.76 KB)
• AvidCrashReporter.exe (464.76 KB)
• AvidInspector.exe (43.26 KB)
• AvidMediaComposer.exe (31.95 MB)
• AvidOPFrameGeneratorApp.exe (146.26 KB)
• AvidSearch.exe (47.76 KB)
• EditorServiceMgr.exe (22.26 KB)
• pictcomm.exe (30.26 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 (177.26 KB)
• Dutil.exe (124.76 KB)
• MXFDump.exe (314.26 KB)
• AvidTitleTool.exe (1.35 MB)
• Marquee.exe (1.02 MB)
• pictcomm.exe (30.26 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 8.5.2.41475 of Avid Media Composer. You can find here a few links to other Avid Media Composer releases:

• 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
• 8.6.3.43955
• 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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Avid Media Composer has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa0.735\MediaComposer\Installers\MediaComposer\Avid Media Composer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa0.735\MediaComposer\Installers\MediaComposer\Program Files 64\Avid\Avid Media Composer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa0.873\MediaComposer\Installers\MediaComposer\Avid Media Composer

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\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\AvidSatinWrapper.dll
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AvidSearch.exe
• 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\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
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Codecs\AudioCodecManager.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Codecs\CMAvid10Packed.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Codecs\CMAvidAC3Codec.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Codecs\CMAvidAVCIntra.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Codecs\CMAvidDV100Codec.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Codecs\CMAvidDVCodec.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Codecs\CMAvidH264IBPCodecD2.avx
• C:\Program Files\Avid\Avid Media Composer\AVX2_Plug-Ins\Codecs\CMAvidHDCodec.avx

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F152814C83FDF5F4980ADB6C82BE0FB7
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C418251F-DF38-4F5F-89A0-BDC628EBF07B}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Avid Technology\Avid Media Composer

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F152814C83FDF5F4980ADB6C82BE0FB7\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\{C418251F-DF38-4F5F-89A0-BDC628EBF07B}\

How to uninstall Avid Media Composer from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avid Media Composer is a program by Avid Technology. Frequently, users try to erase it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE action to erase 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 on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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

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

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Avid Media Composer or simply click the Search field and type in "Avid Media Composer". If it exists on your system the Avid Media Composer app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Avid Media Composer in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Avid Media Composer, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing 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{C418251F-DF38-4F5F-89A0-BDC628EBF07B}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Avid Media Composer.


8. After uninstalling Avid Media Composer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead 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 items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Avid Media Composer by Avid Technology from your computer, nor are we saying that Avid Media Composer by Avid Technology is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Avid Media Composer in case 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' PCs.