DiRT

A guide to uninstall DiRT from your PC

This page is about DiRT for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Codemasters. Open here where you can get more info on Codemasters. Please follow http://www.codemasters.com if you want to read more on DiRT on Codemasters's web page. The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Colin McRae DiRT directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ being determined by the user's preference. RunDll32 is the full command line if you want to uninstall DiRT. The program's main executable file has a size of 8.75 MB (9176576 bytes) on disk and is titled DiRT.exe.

The executable files below are installed together with DiRT. They occupy about 9.47 MB (9925264 bytes) on disk.

• DiRT.exe (8.75 MB)
• protect.exe (731.14 KB)

This data is about DiRT version 1.00.0000 only. You can find below info on other versions of DiRT:

• 1.03
• Unknown

Several files, folders and Windows registry entries can be left behind when you are trying to remove DiRT from your PC.

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove DiRT:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\http___www_codemasters_com_dirt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\dirt.ptx.lnk

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Codemasters\DiRT
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DirectInput\DIRT.EXE36D67D2B00929000
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Codemasters\DIRT
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{57B89E30-0BBA-4F20-9F2C-8E8CDE1CEDB6}

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\E:\filegame\ditr\dirt.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\E:\filegame\ditr\dirt.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{DB83A1F5-F6D4-4DC8-A485-7EBF16A39EA2}E:\filegame\ditr\dirt.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{43F190E9-B4E3-4DAF-BD2B-C19913DFD5BF}E:\filegame\ditr\dirt.exe

How to delete DiRT from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

DiRT is an application by Codemasters. Frequently, users choose to remove this program. This can be hard because performing this by hand requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to remove DiRT 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 Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate DiRT or simply activate the Search feature and type in "DiRT". If it exists on your system the DiRT application will be found automatically. After you click DiRT in the list of applications, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about DiRT, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for DiRT:

• The publisher is: http://www.codemasters.com
• The uninstall string is: RunDll32

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove DiRT.


8. After uninstalling DiRT, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of DiRT that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling DiRT with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your system 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 DiRT by Codemasters from your PC, nor are we saying that DiRT by Codemasters is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall DiRT 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.