PDFCreator

A way to uninstall PDFCreator from your system

PDFCreator is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by pdfforge GmbH. Further information on pdfforge GmbH can be seen here. Please follow http://www.pdfforge.org if you want to read more on PDFCreator on pdfforge GmbH's website. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator directory. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's decision. The complete uninstall command line for PDFCreator is C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins000.exe. PDFCreator.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 86.48 KB (88552 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of PDFCreator. They occupy about 7.61 MB (7984062 bytes) on disk.

• DeleteMonitorDll.exe (300.59 KB)
• ErrorReport.exe (63.48 KB)
• PDFCreator.exe (86.48 KB)
• PrinterHelper.exe (6.26 MB)
• RepairFolderPermissions.exe (36.79 KB)
• SetupHelper.exe (54.98 KB)
• unins000.exe (708.02 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (140.00 KB)

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This data is about PDFCreator version 3.0.1 only. You can find here a few links to other PDFCreator versions:

• 3.4.0
• 4.4.3
• 3.1.2
• 2.5.3
• 5.0.1
• 3.0.0
• 2.3
• 1.7.3
• 5.0.2
• 2.4.1
• 5.0.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.5.0
• 3.2.0
• 3.1.1
• 4.4.1
• 3.3.0
• 3.2.2
• 2.5.1
• 3.0.201
• 3.0.2
• 4.3.0
• 2.5.0
• 4.4.0
• 5.0.3
• 3.2.2.13514
• 3.4.1
• 3.3.2
• 2.3.2
• 2.5.2
• 4.4.2
• 2.3.1
• 2.4.0
• 3.5.1
• 3.1.0
• 3.0.3
• 2.3.0
• 3.3.0.15261
• 3.3.1

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PDFCreator has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\pdfforge\PDFCreator

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall PDFCreator:

• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\EmailSmtp.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\PdfSignatureSettings.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Perl\BackgroundPage.pl
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Perl\CoverPage.pl
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Perl\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Perl\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Perl\JpegSettings.pl
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Perl\MergedMultipleFiles2Tif.pl
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Perl\TestPage2PDF.pl
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Python\BackgroundPage.py
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Python\CoverPage.py
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Python\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Python\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Ruby\BackgroundPage.rb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Ruby\CoverPage.rb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Ruby\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Ruby\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Ruby\JpegSettings.rb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Ruby\MergedMultipleFiles2Tif.rb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Ruby\TestPage2PDF.rb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB6\VB6_COMTest\COM_TestForm.frm
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB6\VB6_COMTest\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB6\VB6_COMTest\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB6\VB6_COMTest\Projekt1.vbp
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB6\VB6_COMTest\Projekt1.vbw
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB6\VB6_COMTest\Readme.txt
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VBScript\BackgroundPage.vbs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VBScript\CoverPage.vbs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VBScript\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VBScript\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Word - VBA\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Word - VBA\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\DeleteMonitorDll.exe
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Doneer aan PDFCreator.url
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\ftplib.dll
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\addxchar.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\decrypt.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\EndOfTask.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\font2c
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\Fontmap.URW-136.T1
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\Fontmap.URW-136.TT
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\gs_cmdl.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\gs_pfile.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\gs_rdlin.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\impath.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\level1.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\markhint.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\markpath.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\opdfread.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\packfile.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\pcharstr.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\pdfwrite.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\pftogsf.bat
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\ps2ascii.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\quit.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\showchar.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\showpage.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\type1enc.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\type1ops.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\unprot.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\wftopfa
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\wrfont.ps
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\itextsharp.dll
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\gd\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\hr\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\innosetup.pot
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\messages.pot
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\msisetup.pot
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\tr\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\val\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PayPal.ico
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.url
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\pdfforge.ico
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PropertyChanged.dll
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\SetupLog.txt
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\TrueTypeFontInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins000.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\PDFCreator.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\PDFCreator-4_2_0-Setup(1).exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_PDFCreator_AFPL License_txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_PDFCreator_Doneer aan PDFCreator_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_PDFCreator_FairPlay License_txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_PDFCreator_GNU License_txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_PDFCreator_PDFCreator_english_chm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_PDFCreator_PDFCreator_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_PDFCreator_PDFCreator_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\pdfforge\PDFCreator\banners\index_nl.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\pdfforge\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\pdfforge\PDFCreator\PDFCreatorHistory.json

Many times the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2849371905-1563496904-574326601-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\gswin32c.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2849371905-1563496904-574326601-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2849371905-1563496904-574326601-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\is-0510U.tmp\PDFCreator-3_0_1-Setup.tmp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2849371905-1563496904-574326601-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\is-0K29H.tmp\PDFCreator-3_0_1-Setup.tmp

A way to erase PDFCreator using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is an application offered by the software company pdfforge GmbH. Frequently, computer users decide to remove it. This is difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some experience regarding PCs. The best EASY practice to remove PDFCreator 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 general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find PDFCreator or simply click the Search feature and type in "PDFCreator". If it exists on your system the PDFCreator application will be found very quickly. After you select PDFCreator in the list of programs, some data about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about PDFCreator, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PDFCreator:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove PDFCreator.


8. After removing PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of PDFCreator which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling PDFCreator with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH from your PC, we are not saying that PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall PDFCreator in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.