PTC Windchill File System

A guide to uninstall PTC Windchill File System from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall PTC Windchill File System for Windows. It was developed for Windows by PTC. You can read more on PTC or check for application updates here. You can get more details on PTC Windchill File System at http://www.ptc.com/. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall PTC Windchill File System by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{F6746116-6ED5-4E88-8527-7B33928F5F03}. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. PTCWFSService.exe is the PTC Windchill File System's primary executable file and it takes around 1.44 MB (1510400 bytes) on disk.

PTC Windchill File System installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 1.44 MB (1510400 bytes) on disk.

• PTCWFSService.exe (1.44 MB)

This page is about PTC Windchill File System version 5.0.02 only. Click on the links below for other PTC Windchill File System versions:

• 5.6.09
• 5.0.05
• 5.0.14
• 5.1.01
• 5.0.01
• 11.0.2.0
• 10.0.2.0
• 5.0.03
• 5.0.10
• 5.4.08
• 5.0.08
• 5.0.07
• 5.3.07
• 10.0.1.0
• 4.3.03
• 5.0.16
• 4.3.04
• 5.4.06
• 5.0.12
• 5.0.11
• 5.6.08

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be removed when you want to remove PTC Windchill File System from your computer.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall PTC Windchill File System:

• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS

The files below remain on your disk when you remove PTC Windchill File System:

• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\atl90.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\Driver\ptcvfsd.cat
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\Driver\ptcvfsd.inf
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\Driver\PtcVfsd.sys
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_de.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_en.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_es.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_fr.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_it.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_ja.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_ko.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_ru.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_zh_CN.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\locale\PTCWFSService_zh_TW.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\Microsoft.VC90.ATL.manifest
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\msvcm90.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\msvcp90.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\msvcr90.dll
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\PTCWFSService.exe
• C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\wfsvalidapps.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\#!001\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DOMStore\H1JPW7E3\ptc-windchill-file-system.updatestar[1].xml
• C:\Windows\Installer\{F6746116-6ED5-4E88-8527-7B33928F5F03}\PTCPlaces.ico

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\ptc-windchill-file-system.updatestar.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\ptc-windchill-file-system.updatestar.com
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6116476F5DE688E45872B73329F8F530
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F6746116-6ED5-4E88-8527-7B33928F5F03}

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6116476F5DE688E45872B73329F8F530\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PTC\WFS\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{F6746116-6ED5-4E88-8527-7B33928F5F03}\

A way to erase PTC Windchill File System from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PTC Windchill File System is a program offered by PTC. Some people want to remove it. Sometimes this can be difficult because performing this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK approach to remove PTC Windchill File System is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate PTC Windchill File System or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PTC Windchill File System". If it is installed on your PC the PTC Windchill File System app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click PTC Windchill File System in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding PTC Windchill File System, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PTC Windchill File System:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.ptc.com/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{F6746116-6ED5-4E88-8527-7B33928F5F03}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove PTC Windchill File System.


8. After uninstalling PTC Windchill File System, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of PTC Windchill File System that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing PTC Windchill File System with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove PTC Windchill File System by PTC from your PC, we are not saying that PTC Windchill File System by PTC is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove PTC Windchill File System in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.