Lightworks

How to uninstall Lightworks from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall Lightworks for Windows. It is developed by EditShare. Check out here where you can read more on EditShare. Please follow http://www.lwks.com if you want to read more on Lightworks on EditShare's page. Lightworks is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\Lightworks directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. Lightworks's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Lightworks\uninstall.exe. Lightworks's main file takes about 572.59 KB (586336 bytes) and is called lightworks.exe.

Lightworks installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 6.65 MB (6977848 bytes) on disk.

• lightworks.exe (572.59 KB)
• ntcardvt.exe (1.07 MB)
• uninstall.exe (5.02 MB)

The current web page applies to Lightworks version 14.1.0.0 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Lightworks:

• 14.6.0.1
• 14.7.0.0
• 14.0.0.0
• 14.6.0.0
• 14.5.0.0

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by Lightworks when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Lightworks_lightworks_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Lightworks_uninstall_exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lightworks
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lightworks
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{E94DD4E4-7746-472c-AA7B-1242FED0CFC8}

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Lightworks\lightworks.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to delete Lightworks from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Lightworks is a program marketed by EditShare. Some computer users try to remove it. Sometimes this can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to PCs. The best SIMPLE procedure to remove Lightworks 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

DOWNLOAD NOW

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Lightworks or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Lightworks". The Lightworks app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Lightworks in the list of programs, some data about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Lightworks, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Lightworks:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.lwks.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Lightworks\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Lightworks.


8. After removing Lightworks, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Lightworks which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Lightworks with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Lightworks by EditShare from your computer, nor are we saying that Lightworks by EditShare is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Lightworks in case 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.