PDFCreator

How to uninstall PDFCreator from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall PDFCreator for Windows. The Windows release was created by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery. More information on Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery can be found here. More data about the app PDFCreator can be seen at http://www.pdfforge.org. PDFCreator is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator directory, depending on the user's option. The full command line for uninstalling PDFCreator is C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for admin rights. PDFCreator's main file takes about 3.02 MB (3162112 bytes) and is called PDFCreator.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in PDFCreator. They occupy 5.72 MB (5996845 bytes) on disk.

• PDFCreator.exe (3.02 MB)
• unins000.exe (700.79 KB)
• Images2PDF.exe (697.50 KB)
• Images2PDFC.exe (153.00 KB)
• TransTool.exe (604.00 KB)
• PDFArchitect.exe (613.00 KB)

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This web page is about PDFCreator version 1.5.1 only. For more PDFCreator versions please click below:

• 1.2.3
• 1.2.2
• 0.9.7
• 1.2.0
• 1.1.0
• 1.4.0
• 1.6.0
• 1.0.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.8.1
• 1.0.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.9.0
• 1.4.2
• 1.0.0.0
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.3
• 1.3.0
• 0.9.5
• 1.5.0
• 1.0.2
• 1.2.1
• Unknown
• 1.4.3
• 1.3.1
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.6
• 1.3.2
• 0.9.0

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_AFPL License_txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_Donate PDFCreator_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_FairPlay License_txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_GNU License_txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_History_txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_Images2PDF_Images2PDF_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_languages_TransTool_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_PDFArchitect_PDFArchitect_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_PDFCreator_english_chm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_PDFCreator_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_PDFCreator_PDFCreator_url

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1326919161-7480574-3394951069-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1326919161-7480574-3394951069-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1326919161-7480574-3394951069-1014\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1326919161-7480574-3394951069-1151\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1326919161-7480574-3394951069-1151\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1326919161-7480574-3394951069-500\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe

How to delete PDFCreator from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is a program offered by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery. Some people want to remove this program. This is troublesome because doing this manually requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE manner to remove PDFCreator 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find PDFCreator or simply click the Search feature and type in "PDFCreator". The PDFCreator app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select PDFCreator in the list of applications, some data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about PDFCreator, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PDFCreator:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.pdfforge.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall PDFCreator.


8. After uninstalling PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of PDFCreator that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing PDFCreator with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC 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 PDFCreator by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery from your PC, nor are we saying that PDFCreator by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove PDFCreator in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.