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How to uninstall BOINC from your computer

BOINC is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. You can read more on Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley or check for application updates here. You can see more info about BOINC at . The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\BOINC directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall BOINC by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{424ACECA-B0D4-4F64-94E4-511BA5DC31DE}. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. BOINC's main file takes about 1.36 MB (1426928 bytes) and is called boinc.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with BOINC. They take about 13.17 MB (13811632 bytes) on disk.

  • boinc.exe (1.36 MB)
  • boinccmd.exe (590.98 KB)
  • boincmgr.exe (9.19 MB)
  • boincscr.exe (1.96 MB)
  • boincsvcctrl.exe (13.98 KB)
  • boinctray.exe (65.48 KB)
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The current web page applies to BOINC version 7.2.39 alone. Click on the links below for other BOINC versions:

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A way to erase BOINC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BOINC is an application marketed by the software company Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Sometimes, computer users try to erase it. This is hard because doing this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE manner to erase BOINC is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find BOINC or simply click the Search feature and type in "BOINC". If it is installed on your PC the BOINC application will be found automatically. After you click BOINC in the list , the following information about the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about BOINC, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for BOINC:





  • The web site of the application is: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{424ACECA-B0D4-4F64-94E4-511BA5DC31DE}
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall BOINC.
Uninstall BOINC


8. After removing BOINC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong BOINC which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling BOINC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley from your PC, nor are we saying that BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove BOINC 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' computers.

2015-02-05 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-02-05 16:47:07.937