IrfanView

A way to uninstall IrfanView from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove IrfanView for Windows. It was coded for Windows by www.irfanview.net. Additional info about www.irfanview.net can be read here. More data about the application IrfanView can be seen at http://www.irfanview.net/. You can remove IrfanView by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line rundll32 advpack,LaunchINFSection IrfanViw.inf,Uninstall. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. i_view32.exe is the IrfanView's primary executable file and it occupies approximately 579.59 KB (593504 bytes) on disk.

IrfanView is comprised of the following executables which take 946.09 KB (968800 bytes) on disk:

• i_view32.exe (579.59 KB)
• IV_Player.exe (145.00 KB)
• Slideshow.exe (95.00 KB)
• dLPFwyzB.exe (126.50 KB)

The current page applies to IrfanView version 4.36 only. Click on the links below for other IrfanView versions:

• 4.38
• 4.32
• 4.20
• 4.50
• 4.37
• 4.33
• 4.30
• 4.23
• 4.35
• 4.44
• 4.28
• 4.51
• 4.25

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

Folders left behind when you uninstall IrfanView:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView

The files below are left behind on your disk by IrfanView when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Html\frame.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Html\slideshow.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Html\thumbnails.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_about.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_changes.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_languages.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_options.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_plugins.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_view32.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_view32.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_view32.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Languages\FILE_ID.DIZ
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Languages\IP_Russian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Languages\ReadMe.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Languages\Russian.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\8BF_FILTERS.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Adobe 8BF\HarrysFilters.8bf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Adobe 8BF\PopArt.8bf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\AltaLux.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ansi2Unicode.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Awd.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\B3d.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\BabaCAD4Image.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Burning.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\BurningOld.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\CADImage.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Crw.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Crw\Readme_Canon.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Dicom.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\DjVu.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\EaFsh.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ecw.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ecw\NCScnet.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ecw\NCSEcw.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ecw\NCSEcwC.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ecw\NCSUtil.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Effects.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Email.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Exr.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\FaceDetect.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\FFactory.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Filter Factory 8BF\3DMaker.8bf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Filter Factory 8BF\Afhbevel.8bf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Flash.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Flash4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Fmod\Fmod.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Formats.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Fpx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ftp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\FUnlimited_Readme.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\FUNLTDIV.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Hdp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Icons.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\ImPDF.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\ImPDN.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\ImXCF.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\IrfanView Sandbox.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\IrfanView Sandbox.jpac
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\IV_Player.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Jpeg_LS.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\JPEG2000.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Jpg_transform.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Jpm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\KDC120.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Lcms.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Med.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Metadata.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Mng.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Mp3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Mrc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\MrSID.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Nero.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Paint.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Photocd.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Pngout.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Postscript.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Quicktime.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Ra_player.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\RegionCapture.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Riot.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Riot.RU
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Sff.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Slideshow.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\SoundPlayer.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Tools.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Video.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Vtf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Wbz.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\WebP.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Plugins\Wsq.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Toolbars\Grosberg_24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Toolbars\Grosberg_24.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Toolbars\Samuel_16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Toolbars\Samuel_16.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Toolbars\VistaYP_24.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\Toolbars\VistaYP_24.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\XnViewShellExt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\XnViewShellExt.lng
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_IrfanView_i_view32_exe

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IrfanView
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IrfanView

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_view32.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_view32.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to erase IrfanView from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

IrfanView is a program offered by www.irfanview.net. Some users try to erase this application. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because performing this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE way to erase IrfanView 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 Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find IrfanView or simply activate the Search feature and type in "IrfanView". If it exists on your system the IrfanView app will be found very quickly. When you click IrfanView in the list of programs, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about IrfanView, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for IrfanView:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.irfanview.net/
• The uninstall string is: rundll32 advpack,LaunchINFSection IrfanViw.inf,Uninstall

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall IrfanView.


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

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall IrfanView by www.irfanview.net from your PC, nor are we saying that IrfanView by www.irfanview.net is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall IrfanView supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.