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A guide to uninstall SmartSwitch from your system

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall SmartSwitch for Windows. It was created for Windows by AORUS. More information on AORUS can be found here. More information about SmartSwitch can be found at . SmartSwitch is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch directory, subject to the user's choice. You can remove SmartSwitch by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{45DEDAD2-EEBF-400F-A78C-D236F278D442}\setup.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is named GSmartSwitch.exe and occupies 717.79 KB (735016 bytes).

The executable files below are part of SmartSwitch. They occupy about 1.28 MB (1340200 bytes) on disk.

  • efivar.exe (8.50 KB)
  • GSB.exe (335.50 KB)
  • GSBSVR.exe (247.00 KB)
  • GSmartSwitch.exe (717.79 KB)


This page is about SmartSwitch version 1.00.0017 only. Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall SmartSwitch.

Directories that were found:
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa3912.678\SmartSwitch

Files remaining:
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\efivar.exe
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\GSB.exe
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\GSBL.dll
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\GSBSVR.exe
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\GSmartSwitch.exe
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\ara.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\chs.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\cht.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\eng.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\fas.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\fra.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\Ger.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\ind.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\ita.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\jpn.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\kor.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\pol.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\por.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\rus.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\spa.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\swe.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\tha.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\tur.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Language\vie.xml
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\Microsoft.CSharp.dll
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\NoShowDT.reg
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\ShowCOM.reg
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\ShowDT.reg
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\System.Dynamic.dll
  • C:\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\System.Xaml.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa3912.678\SmartSwitch\Setup.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa3912.678\SmartSwitch\x64\setup.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa3912.678\SmartSwitch\x64\setup.iss
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa3912.678\SmartSwitch\x86\setup.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa3912.678\SmartSwitch\x86\setup.iss

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files|GIGABYTE|SmartSwitch|GSmartSwitch.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2DADED54FBEEF0047AC82D632F874D24
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\InstallShield_{45DEDAD2-EEBF-400F-A78C-D236F278D442}

Additional registry values that you should clean:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2DADED54FBEEF0047AC82D632F874D24\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1927350639-3076045106-2025047434-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\GSBSVR.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1927350639-3076045106-2025047434-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\GIGABYTE\SmartSwitch\GSmartSwitch.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1927350639-3076045106-2025047434-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa3912.678\SmartSwitch\x64\setup.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GigabyteStartButtonService\ImagePath


A way to erase SmartSwitch from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

SmartSwitch is an application marketed by AORUS. Some people decide to uninstall this program. This can be efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how related to PCs. The best QUICK action to uninstall SmartSwitch is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
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4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate SmartSwitch or simply click the Search feature and type in "SmartSwitch". If it exists on your system the SmartSwitch program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click SmartSwitch in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding SmartSwitch, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for SmartSwitch:





  • The software company is: http://www.AORUS.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{45DEDAD2-EEBF-400F-A78C-D236F278D442}\setup.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove SmartSwitch.
Uninstall SmartSwitch


8. After uninstalling SmartSwitch, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of SmartSwitch that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling SmartSwitch with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove SmartSwitch by AORUS from your computer, nor are we saying that SmartSwitch by AORUS is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove SmartSwitch 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' PCs.

2016-06-23 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-23 18:39:19.220