Half-Life 2

A way to uninstall Half-Life 2 from your computer

Half-Life 2 is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Valve. More info about Valve can be read here. More info about the application Half-Life 2 can be seen at http://www.valvesoftware.com. Usually the Half-Life 2 application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2 directory, depending on the user's option during install. The complete uninstall command line for Half-Life 2 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe. height2normal.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 679.00 KB (695296 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in Half-Life 2. They occupy 19.53 MB (20483496 bytes) on disk.

• hl2.exe (120.41 KB)
• bspzip.exe (306.00 KB)
• captioncompiler.exe (186.50 KB)
• demoinfo.exe (100.00 KB)
• dmxconvert.exe (546.50 KB)
• dmxedit.exe (1.60 MB)
• elementviewer.exe (3.05 MB)
• glview.exe (200.00 KB)
• hammer.exe (153.50 KB)
• height2normal.exe (679.00 KB)
• height2ssbump.exe (690.00 KB)
• hlfaceposer.exe (1.59 MB)
• HLMV.EXE (452.00 KB)
• mksheet.exe (692.50 KB)
• motionmapper.exe (251.00 KB)
• normal2ssbump.exe (673.50 KB)
• pfm2tgas.exe (612.50 KB)
• qc_eyes.exe (2.78 MB)
• shadercompile.exe (93.50 KB)
• splitskybox.exe (143.00 KB)
• studiomdl.exe (1.72 MB)
• vbsp.exe (1.19 MB)
• vbspinfo.exe (296.50 KB)
• vpk.exe (629.50 KB)
• vrad.exe (94.00 KB)
• vtex.exe (83.00 KB)
• vtf2tga.exe (704.00 KB)
• vvis.exe (83.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2 of Half-Life 2. You can find below a few links to other Half-Life 2 versions:

• 1.0
• 1.0.3.0

Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry data will not be removed when you want to remove Half-Life 2 from your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Half-Life 2 from your computer:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\chapter1.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\chapter2.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\chapter3.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\chapter4.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\chapter5.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\chapter6.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\chapter7.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\leipzig.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\perf.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\skill_episodic.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\cfg\sourcevr_ep2.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_000.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_001.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_002.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_003.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_004.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_005.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_006.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_007.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_008.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_009.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_010.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_011.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_012.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_013.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_014.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_015.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_016.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_017.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_018.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_019.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_020.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\ep2_pak_dir.vpk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\gameinfo.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_background01.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_background02.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_background02a.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_background03.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_01.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_01a.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_02.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_03.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_04.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_05.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_06.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_06a.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_07.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_08.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_09.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_10.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_10a.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_11.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_11a.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_11b.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_12.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\maps\ep2_outland_12a.bsp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\materials\particle\bik_test.bik
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\media\startupvids.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_brazilian.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_brazilian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_bulgarian.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_bulgarian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_czech.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_czech.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_danish.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_danish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_dutch.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_dutch.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_english.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_english.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_finnish.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_finnish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_french.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_french.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_german.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_german.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_greek.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_greek.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_hungarian.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_hungarian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_italian.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_italian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_japanese.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_japanese.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_korean.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_korean.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_koreana.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_koreana.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_latam.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_latam.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_norwegian.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_norwegian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_polish.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_polish.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_portuguese.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_portuguese.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_romanian.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_romanian.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_russian.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\ep2\resource\closecaption_russian.txt

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Half-Life

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\half-life 2\hl2.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life SDK\Hammer Editor\hammer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life SDK\Hammer Editor\hammer.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to erase Half-Life 2 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Half-Life 2 is a program offered by Valve. Frequently, people decide to remove this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE practice to remove Half-Life 2 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to take care of your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Half-Life 2 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Half-Life 2". If it is installed on your PC the Half-Life 2 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Half-Life 2 in the list , the following information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Half-Life 2, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Half-Life 2:

• The software company is: http://www.valvesoftware.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Half-Life 2.


8. After uninstalling Half-Life 2, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Half-Life 2 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Half-Life 2 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Half-Life 2 by Valve from your PC, we are not saying that Half-Life 2 by Valve is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Half-Life 2 supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.