Houdini 20.5.505

A guide to uninstall Houdini 20.5.505 from your PC

This info is about Houdini 20.5.505 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by SideFX. You can find out more on SideFX or check for application updates here. Please follow https://www.sidefx.com if you want to read more on Houdini 20.5.505 on SideFX's website. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin directory. Keep in mind that this path can vary depending on the user's preference. Houdini 20.5.505's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin\houdini_launcher.exe. houdini_installer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 409.50 KB (419328 bytes) on disk.

Houdini 20.5.505 contains of the executables below. They take 818.50 KB (838144 bytes) on disk.

• houdini_installer.exe (409.50 KB)
• houdini_launcher.exe (409.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 20.5.505 of Houdini 20.5.505. If you are manually uninstalling Houdini 20.5.505 we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Houdini 20.5.505:

• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\houdini_temp
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\CG\Houdini

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Houdini 20.5.505:

• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\abcconvert.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\abcecho.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\abcinfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\abcstitcher.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\acombine.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\aconvert.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\ainfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\Alembic_sidefx.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\aplay.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\archive.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\args2hda.py
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\asprintf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\audiere.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avcodec_d-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avcodec-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avdevice_d-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avdevice-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avfilter_d-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avfilter-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avformat_d-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avformat-60.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avutil_d-58.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\avutil-58.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\basehoudini.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\blosc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\builduicode.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\charset.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\chchan.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\chcp.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\chinfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\claudio.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\clchan.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\clchn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\clcp.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\cldiff.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\clinfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\clphone.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\collapseHDA.bat
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\collapseHDA.py
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\csh.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\dbgcore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\dbgeng.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\dbghelp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\DbgModel.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\ds2hda.py
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\dsmconvert.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\dsmmerge.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\dsparse.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\easy.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\embree_sidefx.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\event.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\event_core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\event_extra.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\expandHDA.bat
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\expandHDA.py
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\finddeprecated.py
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gabc.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gconvert.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gdxf.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\geodiff.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\geps.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gicon.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\giges.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\ginfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\glightwave.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\glslangValidator.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\goff.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gpdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gplay.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gply.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gptex.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\greduce.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gstat.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gstl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gsvg.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gwavefront.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\gzip.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\happrentice.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\HARS.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hbatch.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_atomic-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_chrono-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_date_time-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_filesystem-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_iostreams-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_log_setup-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_log-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_numpy311-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_program_options-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_python311-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_regex-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_system-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hboost_thread-mt-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hcmd.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hcollapse
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hcommand.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hcompile.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hconfig.exe
• C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hcpio.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\Houdini.bgeo
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.bpoly
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.geo
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.hda
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.hip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.hlic
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.orbolt
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.otl
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.pic
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.poly
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.ramp
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Houdini.rat
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\houdini.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Houdini 20.5.505
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Side Effects Software\Houdini
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SideFX\Houdini 20.5.505

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 20.5.505\bin\hkey.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hkey.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.505\bin\houdini.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.505\bin\houdini.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\20.5.487\bin\houdini_launcher.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\20.5.487\bin\houdini_launcher.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin\houdini_installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin\houdini_installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\install-houdini-launcher.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\install-houdini-launcher.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Telegram Desktop\houdini-20.5.278-win64-vc143\houdini_20_5_keygen.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2873114141-3995701388-1940349011-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\hkey.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2873114141-3995701388-1940349011-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.505\bin\houdini.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2873114141-3995701388-1940349011-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\20.5.487\bin\houdini_launcher.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2873114141-3995701388-1940349011-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Launcher\bin\houdini_installer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2873114141-3995701388-1940349011-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Users\UserName\Downloads\install-houdini-launcher.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2873114141-3995701388-1940349011-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Users\UserName\Downloads\Telegram Desktop\houdini-20.5.278-win64-vc143\houdini_20_5_keygen.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{7930B9A1-5D3B-4446-9DE2-B5372FC97C53}C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.505\bin\houdini.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{7556B2CF-4599-469D-9E8F-A8397A3E78E7}C:\program files\side effects software\houdini 20.5.505\bin\houdini.exe

How to remove Houdini 20.5.505 from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Houdini 20.5.505 is a program marketed by SideFX. Sometimes, people want to uninstall this program. This can be easier said than done because removing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action to uninstall Houdini 20.5.505 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

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4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Houdini 20.5.505 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Houdini 20.5.505". If it is installed on your PC the Houdini 20.5.505 application will be found very quickly. When you select Houdini 20.5.505 in the list of programs, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Houdini 20.5.505, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Houdini 20.5.505:

• 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. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Houdini 20.5.505.


8. After removing Houdini 20.5.505, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Houdini 20.5.505 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Houdini 20.5.505 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Houdini 20.5.505 by SideFX from your PC, nor are we saying that Houdini 20.5.505 by SideFX is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Houdini 20.5.505 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.