Half-Life 2

A guide to uninstall Half-Life 2 from your computer

Half-Life 2 is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Valve Corporation. You can read more on Valve Corporation or check for application updates here. Please follow http://counter-strike.com.ua/games/half-life-2/180-half-life-2.html if you want to read more on Half-Life 2 on Valve Corporation's website. Half-Life 2 is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Half-Life 2 directory, regulated by the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for Half-Life 2 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Half-Life 2\unins000.exe. Run_HL2.exe is the Half-Life 2's primary executable file and it takes close to 605.50 KB (620032 bytes) on disk.

Half-Life 2 is composed of the following executables which occupy 21.58 MB (22628246 bytes) on disk:

• hl2.exe (89.91 KB)
• Run_HL2.exe (605.50 KB)
• unins000.exe (1,018.72 KB)
• bspzip.exe (422.41 KB)
• captioncompiler.exe (182.41 KB)
• demoinfo.exe (100.00 KB)
• dmxconvert.exe (557.91 KB)
• dmxedit.exe (1.62 MB)
• elementviewer.exe (3.09 MB)
• glview.exe (200.41 KB)
• hammer.exe (146.41 KB)
• height2normal.exe (679.41 KB)
• height2ssbump.exe (689.91 KB)
• hlfaceposer.exe (1.60 MB)
• hlmv.exe (457.91 KB)
• mksheet.exe (691.91 KB)
• motionmapper.exe (301.91 KB)
• normal2ssbump.exe (674.41 KB)
• pfm2tgas.exe (622.91 KB)
• qc_eyes.exe (2.62 MB)
• shadercompile.exe (84.91 KB)
• splitskybox.exe (138.41 KB)
• studiomdl.exe (1.80 MB)
• vbsp.exe (1.39 MB)
• vbspinfo.exe (415.41 KB)
• vpk.exe (647.91 KB)
• vrad.exe (85.41 KB)
• vtex.exe (75.91 KB)
• vtf2tga.exe (704.41 KB)
• vvis.exe (75.91 KB)

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This page is about Half-Life 2 version 2013.09.14 alone. Click on the links below for other Half-Life 2 versions:

• 1.0.0.0

When you're planning to uninstall Half-Life 2 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Half-Life
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Half-Life 2_is1

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\c:\half-life 2\hl2.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Half-Life 2\Run_HL2.exe

How to delete Half-Life 2 from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Half-Life 2 is a program released by the software company Valve Corporation. Frequently, people choose to uninstall this application. This can be easier said than done because doing this manually requires some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE way to uninstall Half-Life 2 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to optimize your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Half-Life 2 or simply click the Search field and type in "Half-Life 2". If it exists on your system the Half-Life 2 application will be found very quickly. After you click Half-Life 2 in the list , some information regarding the application is available to you:

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

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

• The web site of the program is: http://counter-strike.com.ua/games/half-life-2/180-half-life-2.html
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Half-Life 2\unins000.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Half-Life 2.


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

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Half-Life 2 by Valve Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Half-Life 2 by Valve Corporation is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Half-Life 2 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.