Folder Guard

How to uninstall Folder Guard from your PC

This page is about Folder Guard for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was created by WinAbility® Software Corporation. Further information on WinAbility® Software Corporation can be found here. You can get more details related to Folder Guard at http://www.winability.com/. Usually the Folder Guard application is placed in the C:\Program Files\Folder Guard directory, depending on the user's option during setup. 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 admin rights. Setup64.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 544.71 KB (557784 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Folder Guard. They take about 10.32 MB (10824760 bytes) on disk.

• FG64.exe (242.21 KB)
• FGA64.exe (2.38 MB)
• FGREMU.EXE (7.02 MB)
• FG_ERU64.exe (150.21 KB)
• Setup64.exe (544.71 KB)

The current web page applies to Folder Guard version 21.4 alone. 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
• 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
• 24.10
• 7.91
• 18.4
• 19.9
• 8.3.1
• 22.10
• 10.1

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

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 remain on your disk by Folder Guard when you uninstall 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\Patch_64bit.exe
• 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\Recent\Folder Guard.FG.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Folder Guard.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Folder.Guard.21.4.0.3038 (2).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Folder.Guard.21.4.0.3038.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 data 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

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

• 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\Patch_64bit.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 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Folder Guard is a program released by WinAbility® Software Corporation. Sometimes, computer users try to erase this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some know-how regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK action to erase 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Folder Guard or simply click the Search feature and type in "Folder Guard". If it exists on your system the Folder Guard program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Folder Guard in the list of applications, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Folder Guard, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to uninstall, 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. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Folder Guard.


8. After removing Folder Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Folder Guard which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Folder Guard with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Folder Guard by WinAbility® Software Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Folder Guard by WinAbility® Software Corporation is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove 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.