Morningstar Direct

How to uninstall Morningstar Direct from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to remove Morningstar Direct for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Morningstar Inc.. You can find out more on Morningstar Inc. or check for application updates here. More info about the app Morningstar Direct can be seen at http://advisor.morningstar.com. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Morningstar\Direct directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing Morningstar Direct is MsiExec.exe /I{B7153CA9-C12F-4091-91C6-992CE41CFE4F}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. MStarAWD.exe is the Morningstar Direct's primary executable file and it takes close to 8.83 MB (9256584 bytes) on disk.

Morningstar Direct installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 34.48 MB (36154952 bytes) on disk.

• AWDDiagnostic.exe (42.00 KB)
• AWDImport.exe (14.84 MB)
• AwdUnstaller.exe (141.63 KB)
• Filechecklist.exe (297.13 KB)
• ImportTools.exe (129.63 KB)
• JobCreator.exe (1.79 MB)
• JobRunner.exe (4.26 MB)
• Logout30.exe (13.13 KB)
• mssigntool.exe (53.13 KB)
• MStarAWD.exe (8.83 MB)
• MStarFundFlowsApp.exe (213.63 KB)
• MstarUpdate.exe (198.63 KB)
• NDP461-KB3102438-Web.exe (1.36 MB)
• OpenFile.exe (345.63 KB)
• PathMigrationTool.exe (31.50 KB)
• PerfRptController.exe (1.11 MB)
• PresentationStudio.exe (763.00 KB)
• RestartProcess.exe (17.13 KB)
• tool.updatereg.exe (20.63 KB)
• InstallClean.exe (89.63 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.20.001 of Morningstar Direct. You can find here a few links to other Morningstar Direct releases:

• 3.19.004
• 3.20.018
• 3.6.011
• 3.20.016
• 3.20.019
• 3.20.004
• 3.19.048
• 3.16.007
• 3.15.003
• 3.17.001
• 3.19.045
• 3.17.005
• 3.16.004
• 3.14.007
• 3.19.040
• 3.19.026
• 3.20.005
• 3.14.000
• 3.20.000
• 3.19.043
• 3.20.030.06
• 3.18.002
• 3.17.000
• 3.19.008
• 3.19.020
• 3.19.036
• 3.19.025
• 3.19.044
• 3.19.018
• 3.19.024
• 3.20.026
• 3.19.031
• 3.13.004
• 3.19.033
• 3.18.000

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A way to remove Morningstar Direct from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Morningstar Direct is a program offered by Morningstar Inc.. Frequently, people want to remove this program. This can be easier said than done because uninstalling this manually requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE approach to remove Morningstar Direct 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Morningstar Direct or simply activate the Search field and type in "Morningstar Direct". If it exists on your system the Morningstar Direct application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Morningstar Direct in the list , some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Morningstar Direct, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Morningstar Direct:

• The web site of the application is: http://advisor.morningstar.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{B7153CA9-C12F-4091-91C6-992CE41CFE4F}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Morningstar Direct.


8. After uninstalling Morningstar Direct, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Morningstar Direct that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Morningstar Direct with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Morningstar Direct by Morningstar Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Morningstar Direct by Morningstar Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Morningstar Direct supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.