GNS3

A way to uninstall GNS3 from your computer

GNS3 is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It is made by GNS3 Technology Inc.. You can read more on GNS3 Technology Inc. or check for application updates here. Click on http://www.gns3.com to get more details about GNS3 on GNS3 Technology Inc.'s website. The application is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\GNS3 directory (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\GNS3\Uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove GNS3. gns3.exe is the GNS3's primary executable file and it takes close to 381.00 KB (390144 bytes) on disk.

GNS3 contains of the executables below. They occupy 20.35 MB (21335478 bytes) on disk.

• cat.exe (36.01 KB)
• devcon.exe (81.00 KB)
• gawk.exe (156.50 KB)
• gns3.exe (381.00 KB)
• gns3server.exe (381.50 KB)
• gns3vmnet.exe (381.50 KB)
• putty.exe (536.00 KB)
• putty_standalone.exe (540.00 KB)
• strings.exe (687.53 KB)
• tail.exe (40.51 KB)
• tvnviewer.exe (1.13 MB)
• ubridge.exe (138.96 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (484.49 KB)
• cpulimit.exe (81.88 KB)
• dynamips.exe (1.30 MB)
• nvram_export.exe (72.30 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (16.00 KB)
• qemu-img.exe (249.00 KB)
• qemu-io.exe (259.00 KB)
• qemu.exe (2.04 MB)
• qemu-img.exe (898.46 KB)
• qemu-io.exe (877.46 KB)
• qemu-system-i386w.exe (4.77 MB)
• qemu-system-x86_64w.exe (4.82 MB)
• vpcs.exe (136.00 KB)

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This page is about GNS3 version 2.1.3 only. You can find below info on other releases of GNS3:

• 2.2.3
• 2.2.0
• 2.2.34
• 2.2.24
• 2.2.11
• 2.1.7
• 2.1.8
• 2.2.23
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.10
• 2.2.14
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.40.1
• 2.1.18
• 2.2.20
• 2.2.12
• 2.2.20191107
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.9
• 2.2.40
• 2.1.6
• 2.2.30
• 2.2.05
• 2.2.44.1
• 2.1.12
• 2.1.1
• 2.2.35.1
• 2.2.41
• 2.2.18
• 2.2.19
• 2.1.16
• 2.2.20190711
• 2.2.31
• 2.2.25
• 2.1.17
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.02
• 2.2.26
• 2.2.16
• 2.1.11
• 2.2.36
• 2.2.35
• 2.2.46
• 2.2.01
• 2.2.03
• 2.2.8
• 2.1.15
• 2.2.21
• 2.1.4
• 2.2.45
• 2.2.04
• 2.2.27
• 2.2.33.1
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.44
• 2.2.32
• 2.2.37
• 2.2.29
• 2.1.19
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.17
• 2.2.10
• 2.1.20
• 2.2.43
• 2.1.21
• 2.2.39
• 2.2.15
• 2.1.14
• 2.2.28
• 2.2.38
• 2.2.13
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.22
• 2.2.42

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall GNS3:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter.rar
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\_bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\_lzma.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\_multiprocessing.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\gns3-converter.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\library.zip
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\msvcp100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\MSVCR100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\pyexpat.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\python34.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\select.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\unicodedata.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\unins000.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\unins000.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\UCBrowser\User Data_i18n\Default\Local Storage\https_www.gns3.com_0.localstorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\exceptions.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_controller.conf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_gui.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_gui.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_gui.pid
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_server.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_server.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\con1.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\ee.gns3.backup.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\ee.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\EIGRP Evaluation Sim.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\EIGRP OSPF Redistribution Sim.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\EIGRP Stub Sim.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GNS3 VM.ova.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GNS3.IOU.VM.ova.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\gns3-converter.pdf.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\gns3-converter.py.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\gns3-converter-1.2.4.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\OSPFperNeighborCost.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\sadsfas.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\untitled.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\untitleddd.gns3.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent\Cisco VIRL Images for GNS3 and Qemu.1.torrent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent\Cisco VIRL Images for GNS3 and Qemu.torrent

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gns3
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\gns3.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GNS3

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\GNS3 Converter\gns3-converter.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\GNS3\gns3.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\GNS3\putty.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\GNS3\putty.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\GNS3\SecureCRT.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\GNS3\SecureCRT.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\OLD\GNS3-2.0.3-all-in-one.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\J:\gns3\GNS3-1.5.2-all-in-one.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\J:\gns3\SecureCRT.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\J:\gns3\SecureCRT.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to erase GNS3 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GNS3 is an application marketed by the software company GNS3 Technology Inc.. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is difficult because removing this manually requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK action to uninstall GNS3 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find GNS3 or simply click the Search feature and type in "GNS3". If it is installed on your PC the GNS3 application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click GNS3 in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding GNS3, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for GNS3:

• The software company is: http://www.gns3.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\GNS3\Uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall GNS3.


8. After removing GNS3, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong GNS3 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing GNS3 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove GNS3 by GNS3 Technology Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that GNS3 by GNS3 Technology Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove GNS3 in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.