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A guide to uninstall Morningstar Direct from your PC

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Morningstar Direct for Windows. It is written by Morningstar Inc.. Go over here for more details on Morningstar Inc.. More data about the software Morningstar Direct can be seen at . The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Morningstar\Direct folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Morningstar Direct by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{059265B4-F5F5-4E9B-A7CE-550AF4D49743}. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. MStarAWD.exe is the Morningstar Direct's main executable file and it takes close to 9.77 MB (10244584 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with Morningstar Direct. They take about 37.04 MB (38834272 bytes) on disk.

  • AWDDiagnostic.exe (42.00 KB)
  • AWDImport.exe (16.06 MB)
  • AwdUnstaller.exe (143.55 KB)
  • Filechecklist.exe (299.05 KB)
  • ImportTools.exe (131.55 KB)
  • JobCreator.exe (1.81 MB)
  • JobRunner.exe (4.35 MB)
  • Logout30.exe (15.05 KB)
  • mssigntool.exe (57.48 KB)
  • MStarAWD.exe (9.77 MB)
  • MStarFundFlowsApp.exe (220.98 KB)
  • MstarUpdate.exe (209.48 KB)
  • NDP461-KB3102438-Web.exe (1.36 MB)
  • OpenFile.exe (347.55 KB)
  • PerfRptController.exe (1.29 MB)
  • PresentationStudio.exe (847.98 KB)
  • RestartProcess.exe (19.05 KB)
  • tool.updatereg.exe (24.98 KB)
  • CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (7.50 KB)
  • InstallClean.exe (91.55 KB)
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The current web page applies to Morningstar Direct version 3.20.026 alone. You can find below a few links to other Morningstar Direct versions:

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Morningstar Direct has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were found:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Morningstar\Direct

Files remaining:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\Hash\ServerFileHash.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\09aa466efd682ffd9023bd97aff048de.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\09aa466efd682ffd9023bd97aff048de_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\09aa466efd682ffd9023bd97aff048de0_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\09aa466efd682ffd9023bd97aff048de1_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\09aa466efd682ffd9023bd97aff048de2_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\09aa466efd682ffd9023bd97aff048de3_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\09aa466efd682ffd9023bd97aff048de4_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1199149_285.gpb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1199149_285.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1199149_285_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285attribution.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285attribution_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285board.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285board_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285excluded.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285holding.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285holding_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285holdingdate.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285incompleteholdings.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285missperformance.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285multihorizon.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285stats.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285stats_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285topbottom.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285valuationbydp.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285valuationbydp_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1226286_285weights.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1379581_285.gpb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1379581_285.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\1379581_285_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\49247b86000674d089287fa1db1a5812.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\49247b86000674d089287fa1db1a5812_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\49247b86000674d089287fa1db1a58120_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\49247b86000674d089287fa1db1a58121_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\49247b86000674d089287fa1db1a58122_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\49247b86000674d089287fa1db1a58123_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\49247b86000674d089287fa1db1a58124_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\59a109cda0e5ce62aa3dffa167053332.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\59a109cda0e5ce62aa3dffa167053332_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\59a109cda0e5ce62aa3dffa1670533320_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\59a109cda0e5ce62aa3dffa1670533321_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\59a109cda0e5ce62aa3dffa1670533322_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\59a109cda0e5ce62aa3dffa1670533323_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\59a109cda0e5ce62aa3dffa1670533324_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\9bedf9c9f928bca5dfefdd4de76ca450.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\9bedf9c9f928bca5dfefdd4de76ca450_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\9bedf9c9f928bca5dfefdd4de76ca4500_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\9bedf9c9f928bca5dfefdd4de76ca4501_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\9bedf9c9f928bca5dfefdd4de76ca4502_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\9bedf9c9f928bca5dfefdd4de76ca4503_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\9bedf9c9f928bca5dfefdd4de76ca4504_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\aa11532e46fde48e275af1f0a0ce4bc3.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\aa11532e46fde48e275af1f0a0ce4bc3_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\aa11532e46fde48e275af1f0a0ce4bc30_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\aa11532e46fde48e275af1f0a0ce4bc31_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\aa11532e46fde48e275af1f0a0ce4bc32_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\aa11532e46fde48e275af1f0a0ce4bc33_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\aa11532e46fde48e275af1f0a0ce4bc34_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\cf47c19008e3f3f70deb812a7983ce2d.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\cf47c19008e3f3f70deb812a7983ce2d_status.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\cf47c19008e3f3f70deb812a7983ce2d0_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\cf47c19008e3f3f70deb812a7983ce2d1_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\cf47c19008e3f3f70deb812a7983ce2d2_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\cf47c19008e3f3f70deb812a7983ce2d3_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\cf47c19008e3f3f70deb812a7983ce2d4_pdf.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\DataEngineConfig_Server.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\ps_component_cache_manager.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\temp\PA_Cache\736D696C6C686F757365406A68616E636F636B2E636F6D\PA_Holding_Cache.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\temp\PA_Cache\736D696C6C686F757365406A68616E636F636B2E636F6D\PA_Portfolio_Cache.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\temp\PA_Cache\736D696C6C686F757365406A68616E636F636B2E636F6D\PA_Security_Cache.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\temp\PA_Cache\PA_Holding_Cache.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\temp\PA_Cache\PA_Portfolio_Cache.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\mme\cache\temp\PA_Cache\PA_Security_Cache.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PDF\quicktake.f00000oji5;fo.ayscxtafww.pdf
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PDF\quicktake.f00000oji5;fo.gdyidyflcc.pdf
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PDF\xslfo.mar07.5000trlwr.pdf
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_7879867.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_7879867_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8022030.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8022030_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8070455.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8070455_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8122453.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8122453_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8122503.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8122503_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8128003.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8128003_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8137622.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8137622_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8157691.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8157691_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8225344.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8225344_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8269079.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8269079_q.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Morningstar\DIRECT\PerformanceRpt\data\res_8313931.xml

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MorningStar\Direct
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MorningStar\Morningstar Direct
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\554F05E9158F40645B61C9E62672C882
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Manulife\Morningstar Direct 3.20.004
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{059265B4-F5F5-4E9B-A7CE-550AF4D49743}

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\554F05E9158F40645B61C9E62672C882\ProductName


A way to delete Morningstar Direct with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Morningstar Direct is an application by Morningstar Inc.. Sometimes, people want to uninstall this program. This can be hard because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall Morningstar Direct is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Morningstar Direct or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Morningstar Direct". The Morningstar Direct app will be found automatically. When you select Morningstar Direct in the list , the following information about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Morningstar Direct, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by pressing 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{059265B4-F5F5-4E9B-A7CE-550AF4D49743}
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Morningstar Direct.
Uninstall Morningstar Direct


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

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

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Disclaimer

This page 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 for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Morningstar Direct supposing 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' PCs.

2023-12-08 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-12-08 02:04:32.250