DCTools

How to uninstall DCTools from your computer

DCTools is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. It is written by Eaton Corporation. Check out here where you can get more info on Eaton Corporation. Further information about DCTools can be found at http://www.eaton.com/telecompower. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\DC Control Software\DCTools directory (same installation drive as Windows). DCTools's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\DC Control Software\DCTools\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is titled DCTools.exe and its approximative size is 5.25 MB (5505024 bytes).

The executable files below are part of DCTools. They occupy about 5.95 MB (6244084 bytes) on disk.

• DCTools.exe (5.25 MB)
• dpinst.exe (664.49 KB)
• uninstall.exe (57.25 KB)

The current web page applies to DCTools version 1.12.15 alone. You can find below a few links to other DCTools versions:

• 1.12.22
• 1.12.24
• 1.12.28
• 1.12.5
• 1.12.14
• 1.11.3
• 1.11.4
• 1.12.25

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When planning to uninstall DCTools you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools

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

• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\DCTools.bim
• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\DCTools.cfg
• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\DCTools.exe
• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\DCTools.mld
• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\DCToolsen.chm
• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\dpinst.exe
• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\etn_dc_usb.inf
• C:\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\uninstall.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_DC Control Software_DCTools_DCTools_exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dctools-c
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DCTools Connection
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DC Control Software\DCTools
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\DCTools

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-136555151-1113205691-3889512930-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\DC Control Software\DCTools\DCTools.exe

How to uninstall DCTools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

DCTools is an application by the software company Eaton Corporation. Some users want to remove this program. This can be difficult because doing this by hand requires some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK manner to remove DCTools is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





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

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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 some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find DCTools or simply click the Search feature and type in "DCTools". If it is installed on your PC the DCTools program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click DCTools in the list of apps, some data about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about DCTools, 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.

For example you can see that for DCTools:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.eaton.com/telecompower
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\DC Control Software\DCTools\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove DCTools.


8. After uninstalling DCTools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of DCTools which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling DCTools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall DCTools by Eaton Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that DCTools by Eaton Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall DCTools 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' PCs.