Philips Device Control Center

A guide to uninstall Philips Device Control Center from your PC

This web page is about Philips Device Control Center for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is produced by Philips Austria GmbH - Speech Processing. Take a look here where you can read more on Philips Austria GmbH - Speech Processing. Click on http://www.philips.com/dictation to get more facts about Philips Device Control Center on Philips Austria GmbH - Speech Processing's website. The application is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\Philips Speech\Device Control Center directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Philips Device Control Center by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{6486518B-8A81-408A-8CE6-F64C2C752BEA}. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is called PDCC.exe and its approximative size is 220.50 KB (225792 bytes).

Philips Device Control Center installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 220.50 KB (225792 bytes) on disk.

• PDCC.exe (220.50 KB)

This page is about Philips Device Control Center version 2.5.210.0 only. For more Philips Device Control Center versions please click below:

• 2.9.270.10
• 2.8.260.20
• 2.4.200.01
• 2.7.240.15

Some files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be removed when you are trying to remove Philips Device Control Center from your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Philips Device Control Center from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Philips Device Control Center:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\Interop.DNSTools.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\log4net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PDCC.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PIA.SMEXAudio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PIA.SpMikeCtrl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PSP.Common.Logger.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PSP.DeviceControlCenter.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PSP.DeviceControlCenter.Configuration.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PSP.DeviceControlCenter.Engine.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\resources\BuiltInTest.wav
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\WPFToolkit.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Philips Speech_Device Control Center_PDCC_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\AppControlConfig.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180118_163715.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180118_164452.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180125_110256.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180131_110631.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180215_090857.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180226_142204.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180226_151710.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180226_151749.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180227_115403.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180228_105648.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180313_090715.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180316_165336.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180323_090045.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180402_110525.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180410_110759.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180412_110151.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180424_091737.log
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• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180514_110726.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180528_110204.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180604_105803.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180627_091447.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180709_090013.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180716_110149.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180820_090024.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20180820_091520.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20181001_101804.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20181015_090856.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20181019_162642.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20181022_095908.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20181116_085444.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20181121_110925.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20190108_090906.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20190121_111104.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20191120_092653.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20191125_090214.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20191216_091257.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20191230_085855.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200124_105005.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200128_133732.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200205_090140.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200210_090545.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200217_090618.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200302_090114.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200313_192931.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200315_121109.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200318_090118.log
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• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200323_133946.log
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• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200329_115456.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200330_162825.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200402_120926.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200403_101721.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200403_164103.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200403_170321.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200421_181201.log
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• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200511_174419.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200513_105611.log
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• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200602_105034.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200609_102218.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200613_123917.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200616_211629.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200617_095618.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200622_184635.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200623_094226.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200624_195648.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200626_203159.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200630_132825.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200630_200320.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200703_210832.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Philips Device Control Center\Log\DeviceControlCenter_20200706_092838.log

Generally the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Philips Speech\Device Control Center
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B815684618A8A804C86E6FC4C257B2AE
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6486518B-8A81-408A-8CE6-F64C2C752BEA}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Philips Speech\Device Control Center

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PDCC.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Philips Speech\Device Control Center\PDCC.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B815684618A8A804C86E6FC4C257B2AE\ProductName

A way to remove Philips Device Control Center from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Philips Device Control Center is an application marketed by the software company Philips Austria GmbH - Speech Processing. Frequently, computer users want to erase it. This can be efortful because performing this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK practice to erase Philips Device Control Center is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Philips Device Control Center or simply click the Search feature and type in "Philips Device Control Center". If it is installed on your PC the Philips Device Control Center program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Philips Device Control Center in the list of applications, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Philips Device Control Center, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Philips Device Control Center:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.philips.com/dictation
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{6486518B-8A81-408A-8CE6-F64C2C752BEA}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Philips Device Control Center.


8. After removing Philips Device Control Center, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Philips Device Control Center which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Philips Device Control Center using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Philips Device Control Center by Philips Austria GmbH - Speech Processing from your computer, we are not saying that Philips Device Control Center by Philips Austria GmbH - Speech Processing is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Philips Device Control Center in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.