PDFCreator

How to uninstall PDFCreator from your computer

This page contains complete information on how to remove PDFCreator for Windows. It was coded for Windows by pdfforge GmbH. Take a look here for more info on pdfforge GmbH. Please open http://www.pdfforge.org if you want to read more on PDFCreator on pdfforge GmbH's web page. PDFCreator is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator directory, regulated by the user's decision. 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. PDFCreator's main file takes about 884.69 KB (905920 bytes) and is called PDFCreator.exe.

PDFCreator installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 7.25 MB (7599562 bytes) on disk.

• DeleteMonitorDll.exe (300.59 KB)
• ErrorReport.exe (59.19 KB)
• PDFCreator.exe (884.69 KB)
• PrinterHelper.exe (5.12 MB)
• RepairFolderPermissions.exe (36.79 KB)
• SetupHelper.exe (53.19 KB)
• unins000.exe (711.32 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (128.00 KB)

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This data is about PDFCreator version 2.3.2 alone. You can find below info on other releases of PDFCreator:

• 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
• 4.3.0
• 2.5.0
• 4.4.0
• 5.0.3
• 3.2.2.13514
• 3.4.1
• 3.3.2
• 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 remaining:

• C:\Program Files\PDFCreator
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\Critical_PDFCreator-2_3_2_ec5c77ca45a561becc03a8a96b7b195926f3fbe_0bb71188
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\PDFCreator

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall PDFCreator:

• 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.v11.suo
• 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.v11.suo
• 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.v11.suo
• 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\Donate to PDFCreator.url

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsGhostscript
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.JobQueue
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.PDFCreatorObj
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.Shell2
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pdfforge.PDFCreator.COM.Printers
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PDFCreator
• 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\Tracing\PDFCreator-2_3_2-Setup_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator-2_3_2-Setup_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0001B4FD-9EA3-4D90-A79E-FD14BA3AB01D}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator

A way to remove PDFCreator using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is an application marketed by pdfforge GmbH. Some computer users decide to erase this program. Sometimes this is difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE manner 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find PDFCreator or simply click the Search field and type in "PDFCreator". The PDFCreator application will be found automatically. When you select PDFCreator in the list , the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains 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 app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PDFCreator:

• The publisher is: http://www.pdfforge.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\unins000.exe

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


8. After uninstalling PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start 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 removing PDFCreator with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH from your computer, we are not saying that PDFCreator by pdfforge GmbH is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove PDFCreator in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.