DWA-172

A way to uninstall DWA-172 from your system

This web page is about DWA-172 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by D-Link Corporation. You can read more on D-Link Corporation or check for application updates here. You can read more about about DWA-172 at http://www.D-Link.com. Usually the DWA-172 program is placed in the C:\PROGRA~1\D-Link\DWA-172 directory, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall DWA-172 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{B63CCD1C-A133-4DF8-8306-DA0387231152}\Install.exe -uninst -l0x5 . Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is called _SETUP.EXE and it has a size of 391.50 KB (400896 bytes).

DWA-172 installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 1.24 MB (1298184 bytes) on disk.

• Install.exe (31.76 KB)
• RtlDisableICS.exe (453.00 KB)
• _SETUP.EXE (391.50 KB)

This web page is about DWA-172 version 1.00.0205.2 alone. After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall DWA-172 from your computer:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall DWA-172:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\difxapi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\KB954052x64.msu
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\netrtwlanu.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\netrtwlanu.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\rtlCoInst.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\rtlCoInst.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\RtlExtUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\Rtlihvs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\RTUWPSrvcLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\RTUWPSrvcMain.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\RTUWPUsbSwExt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\RTUWPWlanExt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\rtwlanu.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\SetDrv64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Driver\SetVistaDrv64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\EnumDevLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\IpLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_cs.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_da.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_de.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_el.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_en.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_es.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_fi.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_fr.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_hr.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_hu.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_it.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_nl.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_no.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_pl.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_pt.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_ro.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_ru.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_sl.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_sv.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_zh.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Languages\WPSStatus_zh_cn.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\libpng15.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\P2PLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\qrcodelib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\RtlICS.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\RtlIhvOid.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\Rtlihvs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\RtlLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\RtlQRCode.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\WPSService20.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\D-Link\DWA-172\WPSStatus.exe

Generally the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Edimax Technology Co.\DWA-172
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B63CCD1C-A133-4DF8-8306-DA0387231152}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\RtWlan\DWA-172

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WPSService20\ImagePath

A way to remove DWA-172 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

DWA-172 is an application offered by D-Link Corporation. Some users choose to remove this application. This can be hard because doing this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE procedure to remove DWA-172 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 already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find DWA-172 or simply click the Search field and type in "DWA-172". The DWA-172 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select DWA-172 in the list , some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding DWA-172, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for DWA-172:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.D-Link.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{B63CCD1C-A133-4DF8-8306-DA0387231152}\Install.exe -uninst -l0x5

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall DWA-172.


8. After uninstalling DWA-172, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong DWA-172 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling DWA-172 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove DWA-172 by D-Link Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that DWA-172 by D-Link Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove DWA-172 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.