Grand Theft Auto IV

A way to uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV from your system

You can find on this page details on how to remove Grand Theft Auto IV for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Rockstar North. Open here where you can get more info on Rockstar North. Please follow http://www.rockstargames.com/iv if you want to read more on Grand Theft Auto IV on Rockstar North's page. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto IV directory (same installation drive as Windows). Grand Theft Auto IV's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe. SteamActivation.exe is the Grand Theft Auto IV's primary executable file and it occupies approximately 4.84 MB (5072192 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are contained in Grand Theft Auto IV. They take 298.44 MB (312938024 bytes) on disk.

• gta4Browser.exe (57.38 KB)
• gtaEncoder.exe (41.88 KB)
• GTAIV.exe (14.79 MB)
• LaunchGTAIV.exe (4.89 MB)
• SteamActivation.exe (4.84 MB)
• gfwlivesetup.exe (259.28 MB)
• umdf.exe (736.29 KB)
• vcredist_x86.exe (2.60 MB)
• wmfdist11.exe (9.37 MB)
• wmpappcompat.exe (876.80 KB)
• DXSETUP.exe (516.01 KB)
• DXSETUP.exe (512.82 KB)

...click to view all... Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be removed when you are trying to remove Grand Theft Auto IV from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssets\grand_theft_auto_iv
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssetsData\grand_theft_auto_iv
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPS\grand_theft_auto_iv

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\fingerprints\grand_theft_auto_iv.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\fingerprints\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\icons\grand_theft_auto_iv.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\icons\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\grand_theft_auto_iv.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv\streaming_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc\streaming_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssets\grand_theft_auto_iv\automated_launch.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssets\grand_theft_auto_iv\grand_theft_auto_iv-box-art.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssets\grand_theft_auto_iv\grand_theft_auto_iv-box-art.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssets\grand_theft_auto_iv\StreamingSettings.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssetsData\grand_theft_auto_iv\19413971\automated_launch.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssetsData\grand_theft_auto_iv\19413971\grand_theft_auto_iv-box-art.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssetsData\grand_theft_auto_iv\19413971\grand_theft_auto_iv-box-art.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssetsData\grand_theft_auto_iv\19413971\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\StreamingAssetsData\grand_theft_auto_iv\19413971\StreamingSettings.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPS\grand_theft_auto_iv\grand_theft_auto_iv_001.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPS\grand_theft_auto_iv\grand_theft_auto_iv_002.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPS\grand_theft_auto_iv\grand_theft_auto_iv_003.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPS\grand_theft_auto_iv\manifest.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\grand_theft_auto_iv\23420104\grand_theft_auto_iv_001.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\grand_theft_auto_iv\23420104\grand_theft_auto_iv_002.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\grand_theft_auto_iv\23420104\grand_theft_auto_iv_003.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\grand_theft_auto_iv\23420104\manifest.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\grand_theft_auto_iv\23420104\metadata.json

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 12210
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\rockstar games\grand theft auto iv

A way to remove Grand Theft Auto IV from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Grand Theft Auto IV is a program marketed by the software company Rockstar North. Frequently, users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this by hand requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE action to remove Grand Theft Auto IV is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Grand Theft Auto IV or simply activate the Search field and type in "Grand Theft Auto IV". If it is installed on your PC the Grand Theft Auto IV app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Grand Theft Auto IV in the list , some information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Grand Theft Auto IV, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Grand Theft Auto IV:

• The publisher is: http://www.rockstargames.com/iv
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV.


8. After removing Grand Theft Auto IV, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Grand Theft Auto IV that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Grand Theft Auto IV using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV by Rockstar North from your PC, nor are we saying that Grand Theft Auto IV by Rockstar North is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.