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How to uninstall Help Desk from your PC

This page is about Help Desk for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.. You can read more on Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. or check for application updates here. Please open if you want to read more on Help Desk on Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.'s website. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk folder (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for Help Desk is C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{7E8181AF-9679-49B3-B133-C265709B6927}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0409. MSI Help Desk.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 4.50 MB (4718360 bytes) on disk.

Help Desk is comprised of the following executables which occupy 28.62 MB (30010704 bytes) on disk:

  • MSI Help Desk Updater.exe (2.59 MB)
  • MSI Help Desk.exe (4.50 MB)
  • MSI Hotfix Manager.exe (120.77 KB)
  • MSI Notification.exe (151.27 KB)
  • MSI Update Agent.exe (420.77 KB)
  • MSI Updater.exe (17.27 KB)
  • PinToTaskbar.exe (14.00 KB)
  • ValidateBin.exe (19.81 KB)
  • Driver & App Center_G.exe (2.36 MB)
  • Driver & App Center_P.exe (2.19 MB)
  • Driver & App Center_W.exe (2.29 MB)
  • UninstallSCM.exe (12.63 KB)
  • Setup.exe (222.27 KB)
  • MSI Remind Manager.exe (11.52 MB)
  • MSI Reminder.exe (1.34 MB)
  • MSIAdTsk.exe (122.77 KB)
  • MSISCMTsk.exe (323.27 KB)
  • scmcb.exe (314.27 KB)
  • scmfb.exe (137.77 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 2.0.1803.1301 of Help Desk. You can find here a few links to other Help Desk releases:

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If you're planning to uninstall Help Desk you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\Help Desk

Usually, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_MSI_Help Desk_MSI Help Desk_exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • 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


How to uninstall Help Desk from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Help Desk is an application marketed by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.. Sometimes, people choose to uninstall it. This can be hard because doing this manually requires some know-how related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE manner to uninstall Help Desk is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Help Desk or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Help Desk". The Help Desk program will be found very quickly. After you click Help Desk in the list of programs, some data about the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Help Desk, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Help Desk:





  • The web site of the program 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. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Help Desk.
Uninstall Help Desk


8. After uninstalling Help Desk, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Help Desk that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Help Desk using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Help Desk by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. from your PC, nor are we saying that Help Desk by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Help Desk in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2018-05-13 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-05-13 02:22:36.997