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How to uninstall PDFCreator from your PC

PDFCreator is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by pdfforge GmbH. You can find out more on pdfforge GmbH or check for application updates here. You can read more about about PDFCreator at . Usually the PDFCreator program is found in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator folder, depending on the user's option during setup. MsiExec.exe /I{8960FCDD-66D4-4180-A172-1AD0DD1A075A} is the full command line if you want to remove PDFCreator. The program's main executable file is labeled PDFCreator.exe and occupies 80.21 KB (82136 bytes).

The executable files below are installed along with PDFCreator. They take about 22.47 MB (23561496 bytes) on disk.

  • ErrorReport.exe (89.71 KB)
  • PDFCreator-cli.exe (60.71 KB)
  • PDFCreator.exe (80.21 KB)
  • PrinterHelper.exe (6.78 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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The information on this page is only about version 5.0.3 of PDFCreator. Click on the links below for other PDFCreator versions:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall PDFCreator:
  • C:\Program Files\PDFCreator
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\pdfforge\PDFCreator

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove PDFCreator:
  • 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

Many times the following registry data will not be cleaned:
  • 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\DDCF06984D6608141A27A10DDDA170A5
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\PDFCreator.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{8960FCDD-66D4-4180-A172-1AD0DD1A075A}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers\PDFCreator

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DDCF06984D6608141A27A10DDDA170A5\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\{8960FCDD-66D4-4180-A172-1AD0DD1A075A}\


How to remove PDFCreator from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is a program marketed by the software company pdfforge GmbH. Frequently, people choose to remove this program. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge related to PCs. One of the best EASY action to remove 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run 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. Click on the General Tools category
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4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate PDFCreator or simply click 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 , some information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding PDFCreator, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing 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{8960FCDD-66D4-4180-A172-1AD0DD1A075A}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove PDFCreator.
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8. After removing PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong PDFCreator which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling PDFCreator using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH from your computer, we are not saying that PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall 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.

2022-12-09 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-12-09 19:34:46.007