BOINC

A way to uninstall BOINC from your computer

You can find below details on how to remove BOINC for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. More data about Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley can be found here. More information about the software BOINC can be seen at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/. The program is often installed in the C:\Program Files\BOINC folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing BOINC is MsiExec.exe /X{A370BA0D-5275-46F6-9D86-7C43DFC27A68}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. BOINC's main file takes about 4.72 MB (4951904 bytes) and is called boinc.exe.

The executables below are part of BOINC. They occupy an average of 19.26 MB (20196416 bytes) on disk.

• boinc.exe (4.72 MB)
• boinccmd.exe (696.34 KB)
• boincmgr.exe (9.69 MB)
• boincscr.exe (3.67 MB)
• boincsvcctrl.exe (148.34 KB)
• boinctray.exe (356.84 KB)

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The current page applies to BOINC version 7.22.0 alone. Click on the links below for other BOINC versions:

• 7.2.39
• 6.12.33
• 7.4.12
• 6.12.34
• 7.3.19
• 7.2.28
• 7.10.2
• 6.10.18
• 7.14.2
• 7.2.31
• 7.16.7
• 7.14.0
• 7.20.2
• 6.2.19
• 7.4.36
• 7.6.29
• 7.8.3
• 5.4.9
• 7.2.33
• 7.9.2
• 7.2.42
• 7.22.2
• 7.0.25
• 7.6.9
• 5.10.45
• 7.9.3
• 6.6.38
• 7.6.21
• 7.16.20
• 7.12.1
• 6.10.58
• 7.24.1
• 6.10.43
• 7.7.2
• 7.6.6
• 7.0.28
• 7.6.18
• 7.4.42
• 7.6.2
• 7.0.8
• 7.6.22
• 7.8.2
• 7.16.5
• 7.16.3
• 7.8.0
• 7.16.11
• 5.10.30
• 7.6.33
• 7.0.64
• 6.10.60
• 7.4.22
• 7.4.27

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A way to remove BOINC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BOINC is an application by the software company Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Frequently, people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be difficult because deleting this manually takes some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK approach to uninstall BOINC is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find BOINC or simply activate the Search field and type in "BOINC". The BOINC app will be found automatically. After you select BOINC in the list , some data about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about BOINC, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for BOINC:

• The software company is: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{A370BA0D-5275-46F6-9D86-7C43DFC27A68}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall BOINC.


8. After uninstalling BOINC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of BOINC that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing BOINC with 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 ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley from your computer, nor are we saying that BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove BOINC supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.