PDFCreator

How to uninstall PDFCreator from your computer

This page is about PDFCreator for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by pdfforge GmbH. You can find out more on pdfforge GmbH or check for application updates here. Click on https://www.pdfforge.org to get more facts about PDFCreator on pdfforge GmbH's website. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator folder. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's preference. You can uninstall PDFCreator by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{8456E50E-63E4-4870-BD18-47A637649A22}. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. PDFCreator's main file takes about 80.21 KB (82136 bytes) and is called PDFCreator.exe.

The executable files below are part of PDFCreator. They occupy about 22.47 MB (23559960 bytes) on disk.

ErrorReport.exe (89.21 KB)
PDFCreator-cli.exe (60.71 KB)
PDFCreator.exe (80.21 KB)
PrinterHelper.exe (6.77 MB)
RepairFolderPermissions.exe (36.79 KB)
SetupHelper.exe (61.71 KB)
gswin32c.exe (197.50 KB)
architect-setup.exe (15.18 MB)

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This info is about PDFCreator version 5.0.1 only. For other PDFCreator versions please click below:

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

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall PDFCreator:

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

Files remaining:

C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Banners.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\BouncyCastle.Crypto.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\CliWrap.dll
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\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\ActionOrderManagment.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\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\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\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\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\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\Testpage2PDF.docm
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Common.Logging.Core.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Common.Logging.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\CommonServiceLocator.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\CSScriptLibrary.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\CustomScriptAction.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\DataStorage.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Dropbox.Api.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Dropbox.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\ErrorReport.exe
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\FluentFTP.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\gsdll32.dll
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\gsdll32.lib
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\gswin32c.exe
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\acctest.ps
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\afmdiff.awk
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\align.ps
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bj8.rpd
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bj8gc12f.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bj8hg12f.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bj8oh06n.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bj8pa06n.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bj8pp12f.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bj8ts06n.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a0.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a1.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a2.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a3.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a4.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a5.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a6.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a7.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610a8.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610b1.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610b2.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610b3.upp
C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610b4.upp

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

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\Classes\Installer\Products\E05E65484E360784DB81746A7346A922
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASAPI32
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASMANCS
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{8456E50E-63E4-4870-BD18-47A637649A22}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\PrinterMigrationEx\PDFCreator
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers\PDFCreator

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

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E05E65484E360784DB81746A7346A922\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{8456E50E-63E4-4870-BD18-47A637649A22}\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2064099325-2322138591-2414730094-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe

A way to delete PDFCreator with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is a program released by the software company pdfforge GmbH. Frequently, users want to erase this application. This is troublesome because performing this by hand requires some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK procedure to erase PDFCreator is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:

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5. All the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find PDFCreator or simply click the Search feature and type in "PDFCreator". The PDFCreator app will be found very quickly. When you click PDFCreator in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is available to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding PDFCreator, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PDFCreator:

The web site of the application is: https://www.pdfforge.org
The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{8456E50E-63E4-4870-BD18-47A637649A22}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove PDFCreator.
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8. After removing PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong PDFCreator which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling PDFCreator using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH from your PC, nor are we saying that PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove PDFCreator supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2022-10-21 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-10-21 12:37:27.037

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