PDFCreator

A guide to uninstall PDFCreator from your system

This web page is about PDFCreator for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by pdfforge GmbH. Check out here for more details on pdfforge GmbH. You can see more info about PDFCreator at http://www.pdfforge.org. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. You can remove PDFCreator by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins001.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 86.48 KB (88552 bytes) on disk and is called PDFCreator.exe.

PDFCreator is comprised of the following executables which take 7.62 MB (7987442 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)
• unins001.exe (711.32 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (140.00 KB)

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This data is about PDFCreator version 3.0.2 alone. 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
• 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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Numerous files, folders and registry data can not be removed when you are trying to remove PDFCreator from your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall PDFCreator:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\PDFCreator

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\{E7D5B3A8-396F-4073-86B0-9899879888D0}\PDFCreator.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFCreator-Setup.log

Registry that is not uninstalled:

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

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-18\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2165807873-900413877-741690630-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe

A way to remove PDFCreator from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is a program offered by the software company pdfforge GmbH. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. This is difficult because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK practice to erase PDFCreator is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate PDFCreator or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PDFCreator". If it exists on your system the PDFCreator app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click PDFCreator in the list of programs, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about PDFCreator, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PDFCreator:

• The publisher is: http://www.pdfforge.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins001.exe

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


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

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

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 application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove PDFCreator in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.