Lightworks

A way to uninstall Lightworks from your system

This web page is about Lightworks for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by EditShare. More data about EditShare can be found here. You can read more about on Lightworks at http://www.lwks.com. The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files\Lightworks directory (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\Lightworks\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Lightworks. The application's main executable file is called lightworks.exe and it has a size of 551.09 KB (564320 bytes).

Lightworks contains of the executables below. They take 8.86 MB (9287816 bytes) on disk.

• ffmpeg.exe (286.00 KB)
• lightworks.exe (551.09 KB)
• ntcardvt.exe (1.18 MB)
• uninstall.exe (6.86 MB)

This data is about Lightworks version 14.6.0.0 only. You can find below a few links to other Lightworks versions:

• 14.6.0.1
• 14.7.0.0
• 14.1.0.0
• 14.0.0.0
• 14.5.0.0

Many files, folders and Windows registry data can not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove Lightworks from your PC.

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lightworks
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lightworks
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\lightworks.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Lightworks
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\lightworks.ini

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\lightworks_2020.1_r122068_64bit_setup.exe

How to remove Lightworks from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Lightworks is an application offered by the software company EditShare. Sometimes, users decide to erase it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because performing this by hand takes some knowledge related to PCs. The best QUICK approach to erase Lightworks is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Lightworks or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Lightworks". The Lightworks application will be found automatically. When you click Lightworks in the list of apps, the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Lightworks, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Lightworks:

• The publisher 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 appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Lightworks.


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

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Lightworks by EditShare from your PC, we are not saying that Lightworks by EditShare is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Lightworks supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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' PCs.