Luminar 4

A guide to uninstall Luminar 4 from your computer

Luminar 4 is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Skylum. More info about Skylum can be seen here. More information about Luminar 4 can be seen at https://skylum.com/support. Usually the Luminar 4 application is installed in the C:\Program Files\Skylum\Luminar 4 directory, depending on the user's option during install. The complete uninstall command line for Luminar 4 is C:\ProgramData\Luminar 4\Setup\Installer.exe. Luminar 4.exe is the Luminar 4's main executable file and it takes about 3.78 MB (3964032 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in Luminar 4. They occupy 11.97 MB (12551985 bytes) on disk.

• CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (7.50 KB)
• image_reader_process.exe (59.50 KB)
• Luminar 4.exe (3.78 MB)
• exiftool.exe (8.12 MB)

The current web page applies to Luminar 4 version 4.1.1.5307 only. You can find here a few links to other Luminar 4 releases:

• 4.3.4.9699
• 4.3.0.6505
• 4.3.0
• 4.3.0.6302
• 4.3.0.6886
• 4.0.0.4810
• 4.3.0.6225
• 4.2.0.5592
• 4.3.0.7077
• 4.2.0.5807
• 4.2.0.5577
• 4.3.0.6993
• 4.1.1.5343
• 4.2.0.5624
• 4.2.0.5553
• 4.0.0.4880
• 4.1.1
• 4.2.0.5589
• 4.3.0.6175
• 4.1.0.5191
• 4.3.0.6303
• 4.2.0.6065
• 4.2.0
• 4.1.0.5135
• 4.3.0.7119
• 4.3.0.6325
• 4.3.0.6996
• 4.3.3.7895
• 4.3.0.6805

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Luminar 4 has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Luminar 4

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\Luminar4.8bf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\Luminar 4.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\Luminar 4_Installer.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\Luminar4Setup.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\E__Programma's_Luminar 4_Luminar 4_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Luminar 4\CommonSettings.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Luminar 4\id.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Luminar 4\mipl\Logs\log_mipl.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Luminar 4\presets.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Luminar 4\StateSettings.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Luminar 4\User.bin

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Skylum.Luminar4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Luminar 4_Installer_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Luminar 4_Installer_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Luminar 4_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Luminar 4_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Luminar 4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Skylum\Luminar 4

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\ProgramData\Luminar 4\Temp\Luminar 4_Installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4073864997-3003343236-248158121-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\ProgramData\Luminar 4\Temp\Luminar 4_Installer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4073864997-3003343236-248158121-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\ProgramData\Luminar 4\Temp\Redistributables\vc_redist_2013_x64_12.0.30501.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4073864997-3003343236-248158121-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\Programma's\Luminar 4\Luminar 4.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4073864997-3003343236-248158121-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume9\Programma's\Luminar 4\Luminar 4.exe

How to uninstall Luminar 4 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Luminar 4 is an application by Skylum. Sometimes, users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because removing this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK solution to remove Luminar 4 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Luminar 4 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Luminar 4". If it exists on your system the Luminar 4 app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Luminar 4 in the list of apps, some information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Luminar 4, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Luminar 4:

• The software company is: https://skylum.com/support
• The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\Luminar 4\Setup\Installer.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Luminar 4.


8. After removing Luminar 4, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Luminar 4 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Luminar 4 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Luminar 4 by Skylum from your computer, nor are we saying that Luminar 4 by Skylum is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Luminar 4 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.