CardOS API

A guide to uninstall CardOS API from your PC

You can find below details on how to uninstall CardOS API for Windows. The Windows version was created by Siemens. Take a look here where you can read more on Siemens. Click on http://www.siemens.com/ to get more information about CardOS API on Siemens's website. CardOS API is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Siemens folder, subject to the user's option. You can remove CardOS API by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{A096AD5E-C135-42DF-9FFC-A056A94DE778}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x000a -removeonly. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. siecapin.exe is the CardOS API's primary executable file and it occupies circa 36.00 KB (36864 bytes) on disk.

CardOS API contains of the executables below. They occupy 577.00 KB (590848 bytes) on disk.

• CardView.exe (392.00 KB)
• chkSCreg.exe (21.00 KB)
• siecacst.exe (128.00 KB)
• siecapin.exe (36.00 KB)

This info is about CardOS API version 3.2.042 only. For more CardOS API versions please click below:

• 3.2.039
• 3.2.040
• 3.2.013
• 3.2.007
• 3.2.041

CardOS API has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Generally the following registry data will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8E5122243B85F0446B2FC88630E1A54F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B5D0E03102AC28046A66E5BBB7F91FDB
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{A096AD5E-C135-42DF-9FFC-A056A94DE778}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Siemens\CardOS API

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8E5122243B85F0446B2FC88630E1A54F\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B5D0E03102AC28046A66E5BBB7F91FDB\ProductName

A way to remove CardOS API from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CardOS API is an application marketed by Siemens. Sometimes, computer users want to remove this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK approach to remove CardOS API is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find CardOS API or simply click the Search field and type in "CardOS API". The CardOS API app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select CardOS API in the list of programs, the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about CardOS API, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for CardOS API:

• The publisher is: http://www.siemens.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{A096AD5E-C135-42DF-9FFC-A056A94DE778}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x000a -removeonly

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove CardOS API.


8. After uninstalling CardOS API, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of CardOS API that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling CardOS API with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall CardOS API by Siemens from your computer, we are not saying that CardOS API by Siemens is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall CardOS API in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.