PDFCreator

A guide to uninstall PDFCreator from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to remove PDFCreator for Windows. The Windows release was developed by pdfforge GmbH. Go over here for more information on pdfforge GmbH. More data about the application PDFCreator can be found at http://www.pdfforge.org. Usually the PDFCreator application is placed in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove PDFCreator by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins000.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file is labeled PDFCreator.exe and occupies 86.48 KB (88552 bytes).

The executables below are part of PDFCreator. They occupy an average of 7.65 MB (8025527 bytes) on disk.

• DeleteMonitorDll.exe (300.59 KB)
• ErrorReport.exe (63.48 KB)
• PDFCreator.exe (86.48 KB)
• PrinterHelper.exe (6.29 MB)
• RepairFolderPermissions.exe (36.79 KB)
• SetupHelper.exe (54.98 KB)
• unins000.exe (709.51 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (140.00 KB)

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The current web page applies to PDFCreator version 3.1.2 only. You can find here a few links to other PDFCreator versions:

• 3.0.1
• 3.4.0
• 4.4.3
• 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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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove PDFCreator.

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

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

Files remaining:

• 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\Donar a PDFCreator.url
• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Dropbox.Api.Net40.dll

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• 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\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0001B4FD-9EA3-4D90-A79E-FD14BA3AB01D}
• 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

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4187189625-3830513019-464025717-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins000.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4187189625-3830513019-464025717-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe

How to uninstall PDFCreator from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is a program by pdfforge GmbH. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. Sometimes this is difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK action to erase PDFCreator is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate PDFCreator or simply click the Search feature and type in "PDFCreator". The PDFCreator program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click PDFCreator in the list , some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding PDFCreator, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you wish 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 page will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall PDFCreator.


8. After uninstalling 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 uninstalling PDFCreator with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH from your PC, nor are we saying that PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall PDFCreator supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.