PowerDesk 8

A way to uninstall PowerDesk 8 from your computer

PowerDesk 8 is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Avanquest North America Inc.. Go over here for more info on Avanquest North America Inc.. Please follow http://www.avanquestusa.com if you want to read more on PowerDesk 8 on Avanquest North America Inc.'s web page. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Avanquest\PowerDesk folder (same installation drive as Windows). PowerDesk 8's full uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{5536DFDE-9A88-4E87-90B9-800F619B3E7D}. PDExploNXP.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 7.21 MB (7559000 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of PowerDesk 8. They take about 22.09 MB (23160994 bytes) on disk.

• 50comupd.exe (498.03 KB)
• APMessage.exe (213.34 KB)
• BrowserApp.exe (46.50 KB)
• ContextMenuServer.exe (60.00 KB)
• convert.exe (23.50 KB)
• CplServer.exe (108.50 KB)
• ezupdate.exe (487.50 KB)
• Generate.exe (26.50 KB)
• genicon.exe (48.00 KB)
• HelpFiles.exe (2.42 MB)
• HexEditor.exe (26.34 KB)
• iconbacfolder.exe (51.00 KB)
• iconbaofolder.exe (47.00 KB)
• iconbucfolder.exe (51.00 KB)
• iconbuofolder.exe (47.00 KB)
• iconcam.exe (23.50 KB)
• iconcams.exe (23.50 KB)
• iconccfolder.exe (51.00 KB)
• iconcofolder.exe (47.00 KB)
• icondefcfolder.exe (51.00 KB)
• icondefofolder.exe (47.00 KB)
• iconftp.exe (52.00 KB)
• iconftpadd.exe (36.00 KB)
• iconftpsite.exe (52.00 KB)
• icongcfolder.exe (51.00 KB)
• icongofolder.exe (47.00 KB)
• iconmcfolder.exe (51.00 KB)
• iconmofolder.exe (47.00 KB)
• iconrcfolder.exe (51.00 KB)
• iconrofolder.exe (47.00 KB)
• iconwcfolder.exe (51.00 KB)
• iconwofolder.exe (47.00 KB)
• InstallFileMonitor.exe (9.50 KB)
• ISMAGIC.exe (93.00 KB)
• KeyViewServer.exe (64.00 KB)
• LiveUpdate.exe (2.74 MB)
• MxApchSn.exe (139.50 KB)
• OneUp.exe (51.00 KB)
• pddlghlp.exe (85.34 KB)
• pddlghlp64.exe (112.34 KB)
• Pdesk.exe (436.84 KB)
• pdexclud.exe (44.84 KB)
• PDExploNXP.exe (7.21 MB)
• pdfind.exe (1.65 MB)
• pdftp.exe (1.59 MB)
• PDHookServer.exe (59.00 KB)
• PDREWIN.EXE (12.09 KB)
• pdsync.exe (77.00 KB)
• PDWIZARD.EXE (269.34 KB)
• PlaylistEditor.exe (98.84 KB)
• SizeMgr.exe (369.34 KB)
• SNUpdate.exe (96.10 KB)
• TSCookie.exe (63.00 KB)
• Skins.exe (2.00 MB)

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The current page applies to PowerDesk 8 version 8.4.5.0 alone. For more PowerDesk 8 versions please click below:

• 8.3.0.0
• 8.0.0.0
• 8.4.0.0

Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you remove PowerDesk 8.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk

The files below are left behind on your disk by PowerDesk 8's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\APWin7MigPatch.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\DirIcons.jdb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\Favorites\Control Panel.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\Favorites\Favorite Programs\Notepad.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\Favorites\My Computer.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\Favorites\Windows.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\FileMonitor64.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\FileNote.jdb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avanquest\Powerdesk\PowerDesk.stg
• C:\Windows\Installer\{5536DFDE-9A88-4E87-90B9-800F619B3E7D}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PowerDesk Menu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PowerDesk64 Menu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PowerDesk Menu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PowerDesk64 Menu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\PowerDesk Menu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PowerDesk64 Menu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\PowerDesk
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\E:|Program Files (x86)|Avanquest|PowerDesk|Lfxpsu.dll
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\E:|Program Files (x86)|Avanquest|PowerDesk|Lfxpsx.dll
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\E:|Program Files (x86)|Avanquest|PowerDesk|LtDocWrtu.dll
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\E:|Program Files (x86)|Avanquest|PowerDesk|LtDocWrtx.dll
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerDesk
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Avanquest\PowerDesk
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avanquest\PowerDesk
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EDFD635588A978E4099B08F016B9E3D7
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5536DFDE-9A88-4E87-90B9-800F619B3E7D}

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\EDFD635588A978E4099B08F016B9E3D7\PowerDesk_8_Files
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EDFD635588A978E4099B08F016B9E3D7\ProductName

A way to uninstall PowerDesk 8 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PowerDesk 8 is an application by Avanquest North America Inc.. Frequently, users want to erase this application. This is hard because doing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY approach to erase PowerDesk 8 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find PowerDesk 8 or simply activate the Search field and type in "PowerDesk 8". The PowerDesk 8 application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click PowerDesk 8 in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding PowerDesk 8, 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 pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PowerDesk 8:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.avanquestusa.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{5536DFDE-9A88-4E87-90B9-800F619B3E7D}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall PowerDesk 8.


8. After uninstalling PowerDesk 8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong PowerDesk 8 which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing PowerDesk 8 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall PowerDesk 8 by Avanquest North America Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that PowerDesk 8 by Avanquest North America Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall PowerDesk 8 in case 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.