Chatter Desktop

A guide to uninstall Chatter Desktop from your computer

Chatter Desktop is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is produced by Salesforce.com. Further information on Salesforce.com can be seen here. Chatter Desktop is normally installed in the C:\program files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. The entire uninstall command line for Chatter Desktop is msiexec /qb /x {2E5CF58A-7268-AAC7-1037-B4DDACF91B4D}. The program's main executable file has a size of 142.50 KB (145920 bytes) on disk and is named Chatter Desktop.exe.

The executable files below are part of Chatter Desktop. They occupy an average of 285.00 KB (291840 bytes) on disk.

• Chatter Desktop.exe (142.50 KB)

The current web page applies to Chatter Desktop version 3.2.3 only. You can find below a few links to other Chatter Desktop versions:

• 2.5.0
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.4

Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop

The files below are left behind on your disk by Chatter Desktop's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\Chatter Desktop.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\desktop.swf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\desktop-app.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\eula.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\app_logo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter128.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter128_badge_1.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter128_badge_2.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter128_badge_3.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter16_highlight.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter32_badge_1.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter32_badge_2.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter32_badge_3.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter48.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter48_badge_1.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter48_badge_2.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\icons\chatter48_badge_3.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\META-INF\AIR\application.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\META-INF\AIR\hash
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\META-INF\signatures.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Chatter Desktop\mimetype
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Chatter Desktop.lnk

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5EC872CC7BE35425F16C06773D2D6130
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\sfdc-desktop.0E7F0072024938CDBA99B20C38B5F315254C2A5B.1

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5EC872CC7BE35425F16C06773D2D6130\ProductName

A way to delete Chatter Desktop from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Chatter Desktop is an application offered by the software company Salesforce.com. Sometimes, people try to erase this application. This is efortful because deleting this manually requires some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK action to erase Chatter Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Chatter Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "Chatter Desktop". The Chatter Desktop app will be found automatically. When you select Chatter Desktop in the list , some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Chatter Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Chatter Desktop.


8. After removing Chatter Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Chatter Desktop that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Chatter Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Chatter Desktop by Salesforce.com from your computer, nor are we saying that Chatter Desktop by Salesforce.com is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Chatter Desktop in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.