PDFCreator

A way to uninstall PDFCreator from your system

This page is about PDFCreator for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by pdfforge GmbH. More data about pdfforge GmbH can be found here. Detailed information about PDFCreator can be seen at http://www.pdfforge.org. PDFCreator is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator folder, subject to the user's option. C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins000.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall PDFCreator. PDFCreator.exe is the PDFCreator's primary executable file and it takes close to 86.48 KB (88552 bytes) on disk.

PDFCreator is comprised of the following executables which take 7.62 MB (7986129 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 (710.04 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (140.00 KB)

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This data is about PDFCreator version 3.0.3 only. You can find below a few links to other PDFCreator versions:

• 3.0.1
• 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
• 2.3.0
• 3.3.0.15261
• 3.3.1

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PDFCreator has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall PDFCreator from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator

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

• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm.sln
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\app.config
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm.csproj
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.cs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.Designer.cs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.resx
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Program.cs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\Resources.Designer.cs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\Resources.resx
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\Settings.Designer.cs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\Settings.settings
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest.sln
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest.cpp
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest.vcxproj
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\ReadMe.txt
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\stdafx.cpp
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\stdafx.h
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\targetver.h
• 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\Basics\GetPrinterDevices.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\MergedFiles2Tif.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\MultipleFiles2Tif.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\TestPage2JPG.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\TestPage2PDF.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\TestPage2Tif.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\TestPageMergeTarget.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\AttachmentPage.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\AttachmentPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\BackgroundPage.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\ChangeOutputFormat.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\ConvertFileAsync.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\CoverPage.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\EmailClient.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\EmailSmtp.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\JpegSettings.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\MergeAllJobs.js
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\PdfSecuritySettings.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\Python\JpegSettings.py
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\Python\MergedMultipleFiles2Tif.py
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\Python\TestPage2PDF.py
• 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.sln
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\app.config
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm.vbproj
• 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\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.resx
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.vb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Application.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Application.myapp
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\AssemblyInfo.vb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Resources.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Resources.resx
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Settings.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Settings.settings
• 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\VBScript\JpegSettings.vbs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VBScript\MergedMultipleFiles2Tif.vbs
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\COM Scripts\VBScript\TestPage2PDF.vbs
• 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\COM Scripts\Word - VBA\Testpage2PDF.docm
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\DataStorage.dll
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\DeleteMonitorDll.exe
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Dropbox.Api.Net40.dll
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Dropbox.dll

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.JobQueue
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.PDFCreatorObj
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.Shell2
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0001B4FD-9EA3-4D90-A79E-FD14BA3AB01D}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\pdfcreator_25224280602149193.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\pdfcreator_25224280602149193.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\pdfcreator_25224280602149201.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\pdfcreator_25224280602149201.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1338033685-3405355341-1161338123-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1338033685-3405355341-1161338123-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins000.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1338033685-3405355341-1161338123-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\is-2V848.tmp\pdfcreator_3-0-3_fr_11085.tmp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1338033685-3405355341-1161338123-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\is-I83GT.tmp\pdfcreator_3-0-3_fr_11085.tmp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1338033685-3405355341-1161338123-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\Downloads\pdfcreator_25224280602149201.exe

How to erase PDFCreator from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is a program released by the software company pdfforge GmbH. Sometimes, people choose to remove this application. This can be difficult because deleting this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE way 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find PDFCreator or simply click the Search field and type in "PDFCreator". If it exists on your system the PDFCreator application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click PDFCreator in the list , some information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about PDFCreator, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing 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 appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall PDFCreator.


8. After removing PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH from your computer, nor are we saying that PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall PDFCreator in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.