Remote Desktop

A way to uninstall Remote Desktop from your PC

This info is about Remote Desktop for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. Remote Desktop is usually installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Apps\Remote Desktop folder, depending on the user's choice. Remote Desktop's full uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{CD7D52DB-9CB4-49A4-9554-8A229C9F6674}. msrdcw.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 8.91 MB (9340296 bytes) on disk.

Remote Desktop installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 11.06 MB (11593480 bytes) on disk.

• msrdc.exe (2.15 MB)
• msrdcw.exe (8.91 MB)

The current page applies to Remote Desktop version 1.2.1672.0 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Remote Desktop:

• 1.2.431.0
• 1.2.535.0
• 1.2.675.0
• 1.2.605.0
• 1.2.787.0
• 1.2.790.0
• 1.2.945.0
• 1.2.1026.0
• 1.2.1185.0
• 1.2.1186.0
• 1.2.1104.0
• 1.2.1272.0
• 1.2.1446.0
• 1.2.1364.0
• 1.2.1521.0
• 1.2.1525.0
• 1.2.1755.0
• 1.2.1953.0
• 1.2.246.0
• 1.2.1520.0
• 1.2.1844.0
• 1.2.1954.0
• 1.2.2061.0
• 1.2.2130.0
• 1.2.2222.0
• 1.2.2223.0
• 1.2.2322.0
• 1.2.2459.0
• 1.2.2600.0
• 1.2.2606.0
• 1.2.2687.0
• 1.2.2688.0
• 1.2.2691.0
• 1.2.2924.0
• 1.2.2860.0
• 1.2.2927.0
• 1.2.3004.0
• 1.2.3128.0
• 1.2.2851.0
• 1.2.2925.0
• 1.2.3213.0
• 1.2.3130.0
• 1.2.3317.0
• 1.2.3401.0
• 1.2.3316.0
• 1.2.3496.0
• 1.2.3497.0
• 1.2.3577.0
• 1.2.3574.0
• 1.2.3575.0
• 1.2.3495.0
• 1.2.3576.0
• 1.2.3573.0
• 1.2.3667.0
• 1.2.3770.0
• 1.2.3918.0
• 1.2.4065.0
• 1.2.4066.0
• 1.2.4157.0
• 1.2.4159.0
• 1.2.4331.0
• 1.2.4337.0
• 1.2.4240.0
• 1.2.4419.0
• 1.2.4485.0
• 1.2.4487.0
• 1.2.4677.0
• 1.2.4582.0
• 1.2.4763.0
• 1.2.4583.0
• 1.2.5105.0
• 1.2.5112.0
• 1.2.5252.0
• 1.2.5255.0
• 1.2.5254.0
• 1.2.5326.0
• 1.2.5405.0
• 1.2.5552.0
• 1.2.5620.0
• 1.2.5560.0
• 1.2.5704.0
• 1.2.5623.0
• 1.2.5559.0
• 1.2.5709.0
• 1.02.040
• 1.2.5713.0
• 1.2.5453.0
• 1.2.5807.0
• 1.2.5716.0
• 1.2.6014.0
• 1.2.5910.0
• 1.2.6017.0
• 1.2.5804.0
• 1.2.6187.0
• 1.2.6188.0
• 1.2.6081.0
• 1.2.6074.0
• 1.2.6186.0

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Remote Desktop:

• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ADALILBridge.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Assets\remote_application.ico
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Assets\remote_desktop.ico
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Assets\warning.ico
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\CommonServiceLocator.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\da\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\da\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\da-DK\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\da-DK\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\de\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\de\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\de-DE\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\de-DE\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-AU\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-AU\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-CA\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-CA\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-GB\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-GB\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-GB\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-GB\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-US\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-US\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\en-US\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\es\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\es\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\es-ES\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\es-ES\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\fi\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\fi\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\fi-FI\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\fi-FI\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\fr\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\fr\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\fr-FR\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\fr-FR\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\it\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\it\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\it-IT\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\it-IT\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ja\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ja\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ja-JP\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ja-JP\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.xml
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\msrdc.exe
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\msrdcw.exe
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\MsRdcWebRTCAddIn.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\nb\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\nb\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\nb-NO\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\nb-NO\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.xml
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\nl\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\nl\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\nl-NL\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\nl-NL\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\NOTICE.txt
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\pl\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\pl\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\pl-PL\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\pl-PL\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Prism.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Prism.Unity.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Prism.Unity.Wpf.xml
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Prism.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Prism.Wpf.xml
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\Prism.xml
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\pt-BR\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\pt-BR\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\pt-BR\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\pt-BR\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\QueryString.NETCore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\QueryString.NETCore.xml
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.Contracts.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.Diagnostics.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.Helpers.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.Instrumentation.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RDClient.Logging.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.PlatformAbstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.RemoteFeedClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.Tracing.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.WPF.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdClient.WPF.Win10.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\rdclientax.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\rdpnanoTransport.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\RdpWinStlHelper.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ru\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ru\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ru-RU\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\ru-RU\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\sv\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\sv\msrdcw.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\sv-SE\msrdc.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\sv-SE\rdclientax.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Remote Desktop
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Remote Desktop
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{CD7D52DB-9CB4-49A4-9554-8A229C9F6674}

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\msrdcw.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Installer\{CD7D52DB-9CB4-49A4-9554-8A229C9F6674}\

How to remove Remote Desktop from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Remote Desktop is a program marketed by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people want to erase this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE procedure to erase Remote Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Remote Desktop or simply click the Search feature and type in "Remote Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the Remote Desktop app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Remote Desktop in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Remote Desktop, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Remote Desktop.


8. After uninstalling Remote Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Remote Desktop that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Remote Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Remote Desktop by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Remote Desktop by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Remote Desktop supposing 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' computers.