Help Desk

A guide to uninstall Help Desk from your PC

Help Desk is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.. Check out here for more info on Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.. Click on http://www.msi.com to get more facts about Help Desk on Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.'s website. The program is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk directory. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's preference. The full uninstall command line for Help Desk is C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{7E8181AF-9679-49B3-B133-C265709B6927}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0409. The application's main executable file has a size of 3.31 MB (3470104 bytes) on disk and is called MSI Help Desk.exe.

Help Desk contains of the executables below. They occupy 4.02 MB (4210320 bytes) on disk.

• MSI Help Desk.exe (3.31 MB)
• MSI Hotfix Manager.exe (121.27 KB)
• MSI Notification.exe (141.27 KB)
• MSI Update Agent.exe (416.27 KB)
• MSI Updater.exe (17.77 KB)
• PinToTaskbar.exe (14.00 KB)
• UninstallSCM.exe (12.27 KB)

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This info is about Help Desk version 1.0.1604.0701 only. You can find here a few links to other Help Desk releases:

• 1.0.1706.1901
• 1.0.1605.0601
• 1.0.1609.3001
• 2.0.1803.0501
• 2.0.1805.0201
• 2.0.1809.2701
• 1.0.1512.2101
• 2.0.1807.3101
• 1.0.1802.0501
• 1.0.1511.2001
• 1.0.1707.2501
• 2.0.1803.1301
• 2.0.1808.2801
• 1.0.1703.0601
• 1.0.1508.0401
• 1.0.1610.3101
• 1.0.1611.1601
• 1.0.1509.0301
• 2.0.1806.2501
• 1.0.1609.0501
• 2.0.1809.0501
• 1.0.1507.0801
• 1.0.1704.1801
• 1.0.1701.1301
• 1.0.1703.1001
• 1.0.1610.2501
• 1.0.1602.1801
• 1.0.1508.1802

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Help Desk from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\General.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\icon\facebook.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\icon\msi.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\icon\youtube.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\MSI Help Desk.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\MSI Hotfix Manager.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\MSI Notification.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\MSI Update Agent.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\MSI Updater.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\PinToTaskbar.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk\UninstallSCM.exe

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|MSI|Help Desk|General.dll
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|MSI|Help Desk|MSI Help Desk.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|MSI|Help Desk|MSI Hotfix Manager.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|MSI|Help Desk|MSI Notification.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|MSI|Help Desk|MSI Update Agent.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|MSI|Help Desk|MSI Updater.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|MSI|Help Desk|UninstallSCM.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FA1818E797693B941B332C5607B99672
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\InstallShield_{7E8181AF-9679-49B3-B133-C265709B6927}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MSI\Help Desk

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FA1818E797693B941B332C5607B99672\ProductName

How to delete Help Desk from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Help Desk is a program released by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall it. This is difficult because doing this by hand requires some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE manner to uninstall Help Desk 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 an efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Help Desk or simply click the Search feature and type in "Help Desk". If it exists on your system the Help Desk application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Help Desk in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Help Desk, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Help Desk:

• The software company is: http://www.msi.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{7E8181AF-9679-49B3-B133-C265709B6927}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0409

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Help Desk.


8. After uninstalling Help Desk, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Help Desk that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Help Desk using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows 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 remove Help Desk by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. from your PC, we are not saying that Help Desk by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Help Desk supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.