PDFCreator

A guide to uninstall PDFCreator from your system

PDFCreator is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by pdfforge GmbH. More information on pdfforge GmbH can be found here. Please open https://www.pdfforge.org if you want to read more on PDFCreator on pdfforge GmbH's website. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ depending on the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling PDFCreator is MsiExec.exe /I{4EDD2692-1836-4670-A332-C6B76627D5E5}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. PDFCreator.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 89.98 KB (92136 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in PDFCreator. They take 22.11 MB (23184272 bytes) on disk.

• ErrorReport.exe (80.98 KB)
• PDFCreator.exe (89.98 KB)
• PrinterHelper.exe (6.67 MB)
• RepairFolderPermissions.exe (36.79 KB)
• SetupHelper.exe (53.98 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (199.50 KB)
• architect-setup.exe (14.99 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 4.3.0 of PDFCreator. For more PDFCreator versions please click below:

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

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by PDFCreator's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Banners.dll
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\BouncyCastle.Crypto.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\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
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610b6.upp
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610b7.upp
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\lib\bjc610b8.upp

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys 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\BDD35CB5778FF414893C53F02B9D2CBA
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5BC53DDB-F877-414F-98C3-350FB2D9C2AB}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BDD35CB5778FF414893C53F02B9D2CBA\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\{5BC53DDB-F877-414F-98C3-350FB2D9C2AB}\

How to erase PDFCreator from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is an application marketed by pdfforge GmbH. Frequently, people want to erase this program. Sometimes this can be hard because deleting this manually requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY way to erase 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear

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

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding PDFCreator, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PDFCreator:

• The publisher is: https://www.pdfforge.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{4EDD2692-1836-4670-A332-C6B76627D5E5}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall PDFCreator.


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

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page 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 software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall PDFCreator supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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' PCs.