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A guide to uninstall Format Factory from your computer

Format Factory is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Free Time. Open here for more details on Free Time. Format Factory is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0 folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. MsiExec.exe /X{78C04871-9AE4-4FBF-B0B1-FF4C3D7CE509} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Format Factory. FormatFactory.exe is the Format Factory's main executable file and it occupies approximately 3.41 MB (3574328 bytes) on disk.

Format Factory installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 43.82 MB (45944038 bytes) on disk.

  • FFInst.exe (169.13 KB)
  • ffmpeg.exe (354.01 KB)
  • FFZip.exe (1.66 MB)
  • FormatFactory.exe (3.41 MB)
  • FormatPlayer.exe (863.55 KB)
  • net_updater64.exe (9.79 MB)
  • QRecord.exe (343.55 KB)
  • silk_v3_decoder.exe (174.84 KB)
  • mkvmerge.exe (8.77 MB)
  • tsMuxer.exe (256.00 KB)
  • yt-dlp.exe (17.30 MB)
  • docx2pdf.exe (103.82 KB)
  • pdf2docx.exe (103.82 KB)
  • python.exe (97.52 KB)
  • pythonw.exe (96.02 KB)
  • t32.exe (94.50 KB)
  • t64.exe (103.50 KB)
  • w32.exe (88.00 KB)
  • w64.exe (97.50 KB)
  • pythonservice.exe (18.00 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 5.21.0.0 of Format Factory. For other Format Factory versions please click below:


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

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Format Factory from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Format Factory:
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\audio\qtaudio_wasapi.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\audio\qtaudio_windows.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\avcodec.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\avdevice.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\avfilter.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\avformat.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\avutil.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\BCGCBPRO2500u140X64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\brd_config.json
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFImage.dll
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFInst.exe
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\Decoder\silk_v3_decoder.exe
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\Encoder\mkvmerge.exe
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\Encoder\tsMuxer.exe
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\Encoder\yt-dlp.exe
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_asyncio.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_bz2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_ctypes.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_decimal.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_elementtree.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_hashlib.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_lzma.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_msi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_multiprocessing.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_overlapped.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_queue.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_socket.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_sqlite3.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\_ssl.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\docx2pdf.exe
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__future__.py
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__phello__.foo.py
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\__future__.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\_bootlocale.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\_collections_abc.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\_compat_pickle.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\_compression.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\_markupbase.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\_sitebuiltins.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\_weakrefset.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\abc.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\argparse.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\ast.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\base64.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\bisect.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\bz2.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\calendar.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\cgi.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\codecs.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\compileall.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\configparser.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\contextlib.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\contextvars.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\copy.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\copyreg.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\csv.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\datetime.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\decimal.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\dis.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\enum.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\fileinput.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\fnmatch.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\fractions.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\functools.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\genericpath.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\getopt.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\getpass.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\gettext.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\glob.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\gzip.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\hashlib.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\heapq.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\hmac.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\imp.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\inspect.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\io.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\ipaddress.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\keyword.cpython-37.pyc
  • C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FFModules\python\lib\__pycache__\linecache.cpython-37.pyc

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\17840C874EA9FBF40B1BFFC4D3C75E90
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{78C04871-9AE4-4FBF-B0B1-FF4C3D7CE509}

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\FormatPlayer.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\17840C874EA9FBF40B1BFFC4D3C75E90\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\FormatFactory5.21.0.0\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{78C04871-9AE4-4FBF-B0B1-FF4C3D7CE509}\


How to uninstall Format Factory with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Format Factory is an application offered by Free Time. Frequently, people try to remove it. This can be hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE manner to remove Format Factory 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 an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Format Factory or simply click the Search field and type in "Format Factory". The Format Factory application will be found very quickly. When you click Format Factory in the list of apps, the following information regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Format Factory, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Format Factory.
Uninstall Format Factory


8. After uninstalling Format Factory, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Format Factory that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Format Factory with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Format Factory by Free Time from your computer, nor are we saying that Format Factory by Free Time is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Format Factory supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2025-05-28 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-05-28 16:24:12.120