Napster

A guide to uninstall Napster from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Napster for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Napster. Further information on Napster can be seen here. You can read more about on Napster at http://www.napster.com. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\Napster folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing Napster is RunDll32. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 315.64 KB (323216 bytes) on disk and is titled napster.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in Napster. They take 564.92 KB (578480 bytes) on disk.

• napster.exe (315.64 KB)
• NapsterHelper.exe (83.64 KB)
• SNAPDRM.exe (165.64 KB)

The current page applies to Napster version 3.8.1.4 only. For other Napster versions please click below:

• 4.1.0.4
• 4.6.3.4
• 3.8.2.2
• 3.8.0.9
• 3.8.2.5
• 4.6.2.3
• 4.6.4.0
• 3.8.1.6
• 3.7.3.3
• 3.7.2.6
• 4.6.2.4
• 4.5.1.1
• 1.0.2
• 3.1.1.8
• 4.6.2.1
• 4.6.2.8
• 3.0.3.7
• 4.5.1.0

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Napster

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Napster\napster.exe
• C:\Program Files\Napster\Napster.ico
• C:\Program Files\Napster\NapsterHelper.exe
• C:\Program Files\Napster\NapsterRegReader.dll
• C:\Program Files\Napster\NapsterResource.dll
• C:\Program Files\Napster\NapsterUI.dll
• C:\Program Files\Napster\naptemplate1.wpl
• C:\Program Files\Napster\naptemplate2.wpl
• C:\Program Files\Napster\naptemplate3.wpl
• C:\Program Files\Napster\NMSubscriptionStub.dll
• C:\Program Files\Napster\PortableDevices.xml
• C:\Program Files\Napster\SNAPDRM.exe
• C:\Program Files\Napster\templates\about_box.mht
• C:\Program Files\Napster\templates\eula.mht
• C:\Program Files\Napster\templates\problem_with.mht
• C:\Program Files\Napster\templates\working.mht
• C:\Program Files\Napster\user data.lnk
• C:\Program Files\Napster\WMP_Upgrade.wma
• C:\Program Files\Napster\xdetect.ocx

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C055ECD834AC28E429FDFF4C4AF8B51E
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Subscriptions\Napster
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{BBBCAE4B-B416-4182-A6F2-438180894A81}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Napster

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C055ECD834AC28E429FDFF4C4AF8B51E\ProductName

How to delete Napster from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Napster is an application by the software company Napster. Some computer users choose to erase this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE approach to erase Napster is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Napster or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Napster". If it is installed on your PC the Napster application will be found automatically. When you click Napster in the list of apps, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Napster, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Napster:

• The software company is: http://www.napster.com
• The uninstall string is: RunDll32

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Napster.


8. After uninstalling Napster, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Napster that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Napster using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Napster by Napster from your computer, nor are we saying that Napster by Napster is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Napster 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.