Folder Guard

A guide to uninstall Folder Guard from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Folder Guard for Windows. It was coded for Windows by WinAbility® Software Corporation. Check out here for more details on WinAbility® Software Corporation. Please open http://www.winability.com/ if you want to read more on Folder Guard on WinAbility® Software Corporation's web page. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files\Folder Guard directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing Folder Guard is C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup64.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. Setup64.exe is the Folder Guard's main executable file and it occupies close to 557.63 KB (571008 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Folder Guard. They occupy about 5.87 MB (6156928 bytes) on disk.

• FG64.exe (251.63 KB)
• FGA64.exe (2.54 MB)
• FGREMU.EXE (2.38 MB)
• FG_ERU64.exe (158.13 KB)
• Setup64.exe (557.63 KB)

This data is about Folder Guard version 24.10 only. For more Folder Guard versions please click below:

• 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
• 22.12
• 19.7
• 8.3.2
• 7.0
• 24.11
• 9.1
• 20.10
• 19.6
• 7.91
• 18.4
• 19.9
• 8.3.1
• 22.10
• 10.1

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If planning to uninstall Folder Guard you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were left behind:

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

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Folder Guard:

• 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\RegFolder.reg
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup.ini
• C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\Setup64.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Folder Guard.lnk
• 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Folder Guard
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WinAbility\Folder Guard

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FG_ERU64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Folder Guard\FG_ERU64.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

A way to uninstall Folder Guard from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Folder Guard is an application offered by the software company WinAbility® Software Corporation. Some people want to remove it. Sometimes this can be hard because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE practice to remove Folder Guard 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 efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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

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 program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Folder Guard or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Folder Guard". The Folder Guard app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Folder Guard in the list of programs, some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Folder Guard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example 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 window will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Folder Guard.


8. After removing Folder Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Folder Guard that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able 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 disk.

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

Disclaimer

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