Folder Guard

A guide to uninstall Folder Guard from your system

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall Folder Guard for Windows. The Windows release was created by WinAbility® Software Corporation. Check out here where you can read more on WinAbility® Software Corporation. More data about the software Folder Guard can be found at http://www.winability.com/. Folder Guard is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\Folder Guard folder, depending on the user's option. The full command line for uninstalling Folder Guard is C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup64.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. Folder Guard's primary file takes about 561.63 KB (575104 bytes) and is named Setup64.exe.

Folder Guard contains of the executables below. They occupy 5.37 MB (5635200 bytes) on disk.

• FG64.exe (250.63 KB)
• FGA64.exe (2.45 MB)
• FGREMU.EXE (1.98 MB)
• FG_ERU64.exe (157.13 KB)
• Setup64.exe (561.63 KB)

The current web page applies to Folder Guard version 22.12 only. You can find below info on other releases of Folder Guard:

• 9.0
• 19.4
• 6.0
• 23.5
• 23.2
• 18.5
• 8.4
• 20.10.3
• 8.1
• 19.5
• 20.9
• 7.9
• 18.7
• 18.3.1
• 24.8
• 8.0
• 10.4.1
• 22.5
• 10.0
• 17.7
• 20.1
• 10.3
• 18.5.1
• 8.2
• 22.9
• 10.2
• 7.92
• 8.3
• 21.4
• 10.4
• 7.82
• 18.1
• 22.3
• 19.7
• 8.3.2
• 7.0
• 24.11
• 9.1
• 20.10
• 19.6
• 24.10
• 7.91
• 18.4
• 19.9
• 8.3.1
• 22.10
• 10.1

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Following 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 Folder Guard:

• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Folder Guard
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Folder Guard

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FG.chm
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FG_ERU64.exe
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FG64.exe
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FGA64.exe
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FGH64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FGREMU.EXE
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FGUARD64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FGUARD64.sys
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\License.txt
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup.ini
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup64.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Folder Guard\FGuard.CFG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Folder Guard\Folder Guard.FG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Folder Guard\Folder Guard-prev.FG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Folder Guard\Folder Guard.lnk

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Folder Guard
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Folder Guard
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Folder Guard
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinAbility\Folder Guard
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Folder Guard
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WinAbility\Folder Guard
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\WinAbility\Folder Guard

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FG64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FG64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FGA64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FGA64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FGUARD64\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Folder Guard\ImagePath

How to uninstall Folder Guard from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Folder Guard is an application released by WinAbility® Software Corporation. Frequently, users choose to uninstall it. This can be difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE practice to uninstall Folder Guard is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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

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• go to Download Link
• download the program 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 functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

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

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Folder Guard, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Folder Guard:

• The publisher is: http://www.winability.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup64.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Folder Guard.


8. After uninstalling Folder Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Folder Guard that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Folder Guard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Folder Guard by WinAbility® Software Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Folder Guard by WinAbility® Software Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Folder Guard in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.