Citavi 5

A way to uninstall Citavi 5 from your system

This info is about Citavi 5 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Swiss Academic Software. Go over here where you can get more info on Swiss Academic Software. More information about the software Citavi 5 can be seen at http://www.citavi.com. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Citavi 5 folder (same installation drive as Windows). Citavi 5's entire uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{7EB278FB-0C3C-445E-8665-4A6CDD9B794E}. Citavi.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 7.47 MB (7828760 bytes) on disk.

Citavi 5 is comprised of the following executables which take 9.23 MB (9674866 bytes) on disk:

• BackupHelper.exe (12.00 KB)
• Citavi DBServer Manager.exe (660.27 KB)
• Citavi.exe (7.47 MB)
• fxc.exe (93.60 KB)
• SQL Server Express for Citavi Setup.exe (169.27 KB)
• sqlite3.exe (555.64 KB)
• ChromePickerBroker.exe (210.77 KB)
• IEPickerBroker.exe (101.27 KB)

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This web page is about Citavi 5 version 5.2.0.8 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Citavi 5:

• 5.6.0.2
• 5.7.1.0
• 5.3.1.0
• 5.3.0.5
• 5.4.0.2
• 5.7.0.0
• 5.5.0.1
• 5.0.0.11
• 5.1.0.0
• 5.0.0.8

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Citavi 5:

• C:\Program Files\Citavi 5
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Citavi 5

The files below remain on your disk by Citavi 5's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Citavi 5\bin\ActiproSoftware.Shared.Net20.dll
• C:\Program Files\Citavi 5\bin\ActiproSoftware.SyntaxEditor.Addons.DotNet.Net20.dll
• C:\Program Files\Citavi 5\bin\ActiproSoftware.SyntaxEditor.Net20.dll
• C:\Program Files\Citavi 5\bin\ActiproSoftware.WinUICore.Net20.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bib
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cdm5
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ctv5
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ctvdbs5

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\bibfile\shell\open\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Citavi.cdm5\DefaultIcon\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Citavi.cdm5\shell\open\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Citavi.ctv5\DefaultIcon\

A way to remove Citavi 5 from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Citavi 5 is a program released by Swiss Academic Software. Sometimes, users try to uninstall this program. This is difficult because deleting this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. The best QUICK way to uninstall Citavi 5 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Citavi 5 or simply click the Search field and type in "Citavi 5". The Citavi 5 application will be found very quickly. When you click Citavi 5 in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Citavi 5, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Citavi 5:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.citavi.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{7EB278FB-0C3C-445E-8665-4A6CDD9B794E}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Citavi 5.


8. After uninstalling Citavi 5, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Citavi 5 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Citavi 5 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Citavi 5 by Swiss Academic Software from your PC, we are not saying that Citavi 5 by Swiss Academic Software is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Citavi 5 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.