Folder Guard

A way to uninstall Folder Guard from your PC

Folder Guard is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is produced by WinAbility® Software Corporation. Go over here for more info on WinAbility® Software Corporation. More information about Folder Guard can be found at http://www.winability.com/. Folder Guard is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Folder Guard directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. The complete uninstall command line for Folder Guard is C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup64.exe. Setup64.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 553.13 KB (566400 bytes) on disk.

Folder Guard contains of the executables below. They take 5.56 MB (5832832 bytes) on disk.

• FG64.exe (250.63 KB)
• FGA64.exe (2.41 MB)
• FGREMU.EXE (1.98 MB)
• FG_ERU64.exe (157.13 KB)
• Patch_64bit.exe (240.50 KB)
• Setup64.exe (553.13 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 22.10 of Folder Guard. 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
• 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
• 22.12
• 19.7
• 8.3.2
• 7.0
• 9.1
• 20.10
• 19.6
• 7.91
• 18.4
• 19.9
• 8.3.1
• 10.1

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall Folder Guard.

Folders remaining:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by Folder Guard's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• 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\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Folder Guard_FG64_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Folder Guard\Folder Guard.lnk

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

• 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

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:

• 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FGUARD64\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Folder Guard\ImagePath

A way to uninstall Folder Guard with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Folder Guard is a program marketed by WinAbility® Software Corporation. Some computer users choose to uninstall it. This can be easier said than done because deleting this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK way 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Folder Guard or simply click the Search field and type in "Folder Guard". The Folder Guard program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Folder Guard in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Folder Guard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Folder Guard:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Folder Guard.


8. After removing Folder Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Folder Guard that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Folder Guard with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Folder Guard by WinAbility® Software Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Folder Guard by WinAbility® Software Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Folder Guard supposing 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' computers.