Finale 2008

A way to uninstall Finale 2008 from your system

This web page is about Finale 2008 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It is developed by MakeMusic. Further information on MakeMusic can be found here. Click on http://www.finalemusic.com/support.aspx to get more details about Finale 2008 on MakeMusic's website. Finale 2008 is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Finale 2008 directory, depending on the user's option. C:\Program Files (x86)\Finale 2008\uninstallFinale.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Finale 2008. The program's main executable file occupies 10.50 MB (11008128 bytes) on disk and is named finale.exe.

Finale 2008 is comprised of the following executables which take 13.86 MB (14537918 bytes) on disk:

• finale.exe (10.50 MB)
• uninstallFinale.exe (174.46 KB)
• java.exe (44.10 KB)
• javaw.exe (44.10 KB)
• jpicpl32.exe (16.11 KB)
• jucheck.exe (236.11 KB)
• jusched.exe (32.11 KB)
• QuickStart Video Tips.exe (2.83 MB)

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The current web page applies to Finale 2008 version 13.0.28 alone. Click on the links below for other Finale 2008 versions:

• 13.1.6
• 13.1.9

If you're planning to uninstall Finale 2008 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Finale 2008 from your computer:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale

The files below are left behind on your disk by Finale 2008 when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Instruments for Finale_unins000_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale 2014\Configuration Files\keymaps.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale 2014\Configuration Files\Soundmaps.settings
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale 2014\FINALE.INI
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale 2014\FinaleScript\_finalescriptoptions.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale 2014\FinaleScript\_foldersettings.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale 2014\FINMIDI.INI
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale\PlogueEngine\PlogueEngine.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale\PlogueEngine\vst_x86.cache
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale\PlogueEngine\vstfilelist_x86.cache

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MakeMusic Inc.\Finale 2014 for Windows
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MakeMusic\Finale2007
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MakeMusic\Finale2014
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Finale 2008

Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-371328523-3473120771-2375796937-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Finale 2007\finale.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-371328523-3473120771-2375796937-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Finale 2014\Finale.exe

A way to erase Finale 2008 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Finale 2008 is a program marketed by MakeMusic. Frequently, computer users choose to erase this program. This is hard because removing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK practice to erase Finale 2008 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Finale 2008 or simply click the Search field and type in "Finale 2008". The Finale 2008 app will be found automatically. After you click Finale 2008 in the list of applications, the following information about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Finale 2008, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Finale 2008:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.finalemusic.com/support.aspx
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Finale 2008\uninstallFinale.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Finale 2008.


8. After removing Finale 2008, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Finale 2008 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Finale 2008 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Finale 2008 by MakeMusic from your PC, we are not saying that Finale 2008 by MakeMusic is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Finale 2008 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.