PixInsight

A way to uninstall PixInsight from your computer

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall PixInsight for Windows. It is made by Pleiades Astrophoto. You can read more on Pleiades Astrophoto or check for application updates here. Click on http://pixinsight.com/ to get more details about PixInsight on Pleiades Astrophoto's website. The application is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\PixInsight folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling PixInsight is C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{89FF21A3-FA74-4ACD-BDCF-8817790F5807}\PI-windows-x64-01.08.06.1473-20190514-c.exe /i {89FF21A3-FA74-4ACD-BDCF-8817790F5807} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. PixInsight.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 22.86 MB (23967664 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are contained in PixInsight. They occupy 32.13 MB (33691600 bytes) on disk.

• 7z.exe (442.92 KB)
• gnuplot.exe (1.59 MB)
• PixInsight.exe (22.86 MB)
• PixInsightUpdater.exe (2.59 MB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (25.42 KB)
• updater2.exe (2.31 MB)
• updater3.exe (2.32 MB)

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This info is about PixInsight version 1.8.6.1473 only. You can find below info on other versions of PixInsight:

• 1.8.9
• 1.8.5.1352
• 1.8.8.10
• 1.8.8.6
• 1.8.9.3
• 1.9.1
• 1.8.6.1447
• 1.8.6.1457
• 1.8.8
• 1.8.8.11
• 1.8.8.12
• 1.8.9.1
• 1.9.3
• 1.9.2
• 1.8.8.7
• 1.8.8.3
• 1.8.5.1353
• 1.8.8.8
• 1.8.8.9
• 1.8.7
• 1.8.8.5
• 1.8.6.1448
• 1.8.8.4
• 1.8.9.2

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Some files, folders and Windows registry entries will be left behind when you are trying to remove PixInsight from your PC.

The files below remain on your disk by PixInsight's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_PixInsight_bin_PixInsight_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\D__Program Files_bin_PixInsight_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\http___www_pixinsight_com_
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IObit\IObit Uninstaller\Log\PixInsight.history
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Pleiades\PixInsight.ini

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.psm\Pleiades Astrophoto.PixInsight.xpsm
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xisf\Pleiades Astrophoto.PixInsight.xisf
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xosm\Pleiades Astrophoto.PixInsight.xosm
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xpsm\Pleiades Astrophoto.PixInsight.xpsm
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Pleiades Astrophoto.PixInsight.xisf
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Pleiades Astrophoto.PixInsight.xosm
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Pleiades Astrophoto.PixInsight.xpsm
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3A12FF9847AFDCA4DBFC887197F08570
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PixInsight 1.8.6.1473
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Pleiades Astrophoto\PixInsight

Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3A12FF9847AFDCA4DBFC887197F08570\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1158531495-1267998576-3365793982-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\PixInsight\bin\PixInsight.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1158531495-1267998576-3365793982-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume8\Program Files\bin\PixInsight.exe

A way to delete PixInsight from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PixInsight is a program released by the software company Pleiades Astrophoto. Sometimes, people want to remove it. This can be troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY action to remove PixInsight 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to clean your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate PixInsight or simply click the Search field and type in "PixInsight". If it exists on your system the PixInsight app will be found very quickly. When you click PixInsight in the list , some information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about PixInsight, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PixInsight:

• The web site of the application is: http://pixinsight.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{89FF21A3-FA74-4ACD-BDCF-8817790F5807}\PI-windows-x64-01.08.06.1473-20190514-c.exe /i {89FF21A3-FA74-4ACD-BDCF-8817790F5807} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove PixInsight.


8. After removing PixInsight, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of PixInsight that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing PixInsight using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto from your PC, nor are we saying that PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove PixInsight supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.