Houdini 20.5.278

How to uninstall Houdini 20.5.278 from your system

This web page is about Houdini 20.5.278 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by SideFX. Open here for more info on SideFX. Detailed information about Houdini 20.5.278 can be found at https://www.sidefx.com. Usually the Houdini 20.5.278 application is installed in the C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin folder, depending on the user's option during setup. Houdini 20.5.278's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin\houdini_launcher.exe. The program's main executable file is named houdini_launcher.exe and it has a size of 410.00 KB (419840 bytes).

The following executables are installed along with Houdini 20.5.278. They take about 820.50 KB (840192 bytes) on disk.

• houdini_installer.exe (410.50 KB)
• houdini_launcher.exe (410.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 20.5.278 of Houdini 20.5.278. Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini Engine
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\sidefx_packages\SideFXLabs20.5\optional\P4Houdini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\houdini_temp

The files below are left behind on your disk by Houdini 20.5.278's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_ar_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_cameraUtil_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_garch_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_geomUtil_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_gf_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_glf_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_kind_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_ndr_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_pcp_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_plug_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_pxOsd_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_sdf_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_sdr_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_sdrOsl_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_tf_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_trace_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_ts_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usd_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdAbc_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdAppUtils_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdBakeMtlx_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdGeom_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdHydra_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdImagingGL_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdLux_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdMedia_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdMtlx_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdPhysics_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdProc_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdRender_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdRi_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdShade_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdSkel_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdUI_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdUtils_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdviewq_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_usdVol_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_vt_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\_work_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\abcconvert.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\abcconvert.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\abcecho.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\abcecho.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\abcinfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\abcinfo.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\abcstitcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\abcstitcher.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\acombine.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\acombine.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\aconvert.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\aconvert.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\ainfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\ainfo.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\Alembic_sidefx.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\Alembic_sidefx_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\aplay.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\aplay.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\archive.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\archive_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\args2hda.py
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\asprintf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\audiere.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avcodec_d-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avcodec-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avdevice_d-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avdevice-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avfilter_d-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avfilter-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avformat_d-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avformat-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avutil_d-58.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\avutil-58.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\basehoudini.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\blosc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\blosc_d.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\builduicode.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\builduicode.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\charset.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\chchan.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\chchan.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\chcp.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\chcp.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\chinfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\chinfo.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\claudio.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\claudio.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clchan.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clchan.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clchn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clchn.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clcp.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clcp.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\cldiff.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\cldiff.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clinfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clinfo.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clphone.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\clphone.pdb
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\collapseHDA.bat

Many times the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.als
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.bgeo
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.bmp
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.bpoly
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.cin
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.dxf
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.eps
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.geo
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.hda
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.hip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.hlic
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.jpeg
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.jpg
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.kdk
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.med
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.obj
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.orbolt
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.otl
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.pic
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.pix
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.poly
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.ramp
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.rat
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.rgb
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.rla
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.rlb
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.rle
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.sdl
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.sgi
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.si
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.tga
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.tif
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.vst
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.vtg
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.yuv
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\houdini.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Houdini 20.5.278
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Side Effects Software\Houdini
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SideFX\Houdini 20.5.278

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.278\bin\houdini.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.278\bin\houdini.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.445\bin\gplay.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.445\bin\gplay.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.445\bin\houdini.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.445\bin\houdini.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2258763674-1387450932-1111164772-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.278\bin\houdini.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2258763674-1387450932-1111164772-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.445\bin\hkey.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2258763674-1387450932-1111164772-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\20.5.445\bin\houdini_launcher.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2258763674-1387450932-1111164772-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin\houdini_installer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2258763674-1387450932-1111164772-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Downloads\install-houdini-launcher.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2258763674-1387450932-1111164772-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\Download Net\install-houdini-launcher.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{0104A65F-B477-49C1-BC3B-44E83F210611}C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.445\bin\houdini.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{38724A00-FE65-4649-8A90-6B0DAFE94F8A}C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.278\bin\houdini.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{28CA7053-1C69-462E-980C-2D43B4F0D721}C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.445\bin\houdini.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{6E7EACC5-3EF4-404E-BAE8-104269D06D0A}C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.278\bin\houdini.exe

How to remove Houdini 20.5.278 from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Houdini 20.5.278 is a program released by the software company SideFX. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE way to uninstall Houdini 20.5.278 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Houdini 20.5.278 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Houdini 20.5.278". If it exists on your system the Houdini 20.5.278 application will be found very quickly. When you select Houdini 20.5.278 in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Houdini 20.5.278, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Houdini 20.5.278:

• The web site of the application is: https://www.sidefx.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin\houdini_launcher.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Houdini 20.5.278.


8. After uninstalling Houdini 20.5.278, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Houdini 20.5.278 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Houdini 20.5.278 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Houdini 20.5.278 by SideFX from your PC, nor are we saying that Houdini 20.5.278 by SideFX is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Houdini 20.5.278 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.