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How to uninstall Gears of War from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Gears of War for Windows. It was created for Windows by Microsoft Game Studios. More data about Microsoft Game Studios can be read here. Detailed information about Gears of War can be found at . The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Gears of War folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Gears of War is C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{1170D24F-42B7-40CF-AA1B-6395CE562354}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x040a. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. Gears of War's main file takes around 26.87 MB (28179536 bytes) and is named WarGame-G4WLive.A465.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in Gears of War. They occupy 123.16 MB (129140736 bytes) on disk.

  • Startup.A465.exe (1.91 MB)
  • WarGame-G4WLive.A465.exe (26.87 MB)
  • 7-9_vista_driver-only.exe (35.24 MB)
  • 7-9_xp_driver-only.exe (28.93 MB)
  • amdcpusetup.exe (2.83 MB)
  • Startup.exe (508.00 KB)
  • WarGame-G4WLive.exe (26.87 MB)
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The current page applies to Gears of War version 1.00.0000 only. You can find below info on other application versions of Gears of War:


Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you remove Gears of War.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Gears of War:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\default.css
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\default.htm
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\BG_1.jpg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\bottom_panel.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\checked.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\checked_hover.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\dlc_large.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_DE.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_ES.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_FR.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_hover.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_hover_DE.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_hover_ES.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_hover_FR.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_hover_IT.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_hover_KO.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_hover_zh-Hant.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_IT.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_KO.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\Play_button_zh-Hant.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\seperator.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\top_panel.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\unchecked.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\images\unchecked_hover.gif
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\strings\strings_de.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\strings\strings_en.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\strings\strings_es.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\strings\strings_fr.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\strings\strings_it.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\strings\strings_ko.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\CurrentSite\strings\strings_zh-Hant.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\Startup.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Gears of War.lnk

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Gears of War


A way to uninstall Gears of War from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Gears of War is an application released by the software company Microsoft Game Studios. Some computer users want to remove this program. This can be troublesome because deleting this manually takes some skill regarding PCs. One of the best EASY way to remove Gears of War 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
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5. All the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

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


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Gears of War, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Gears of War:





  • The software company is: http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/GearsofWarforWindows.aspx
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{1170D24F-42B7-40CF-AA1B-6395CE562354}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x040a
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Gears of War.
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8. After uninstalling Gears of War, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Gears of War which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Gears of War using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Gears of War by Microsoft Game Studios from your PC, we are not saying that Gears of War by Microsoft Game Studios is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Gears of War supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-21 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-21 01:01:07.053