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A guide to uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series from your computer

This web page is about Sound Blaster Z-Series for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Creative Technology Limited. Go over here for more details on Creative Technology Limited. You can read more about related to Sound Blaster Z-Series at . The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series directory (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for Sound Blaster Z-Series is MsiExec.exe /X{DAB64FB1-0BBB-486E-9C57-A3E34F463AEB}. The application's main executable file is called SBZ.exe and it has a size of 856.50 KB (877056 bytes).

Sound Blaster Z-Series installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 2.80 MB (2939688 bytes) on disk.

  • Setup.exe (31.50 KB)
  • AddMCat.exe (50.00 KB)
  • CtHSvc64.EXE (127.00 KB)
  • AddMCat.exe (50.00 KB)
  • CtEpDef32.exe (30.50 KB)
  • CtHdaSvc.EXE (120.00 KB)
  • AddCat.exe (41.50 KB)
  • setup.exe (272.50 KB)
  • setup.exe (249.00 KB)
  • SBSpkCal.exe (572.07 KB)
  • CTSUAppu.exe (428.72 KB)
  • SBZ.exe (856.50 KB)
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The current web page applies to Sound Blaster Z-Series version 1.01.10 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Sound Blaster Z-Series:

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Sound Blaster Z-Series has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\AddMCat.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\ctDco64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\ctHda.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CtHdaC64.DLL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CtHdAs64.DLL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\ctHDb.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CTHMLX64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CTHRFX64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\AMD64\CtHSvc64.EXE
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\cthda.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\ctHda.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\ctHda.ini
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\cthda32.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\cthda64.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\CTHMLX32.hda
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\CTHMLX64.hda
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\CTHRFX32.hda
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\CTHRFX64.hda
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\AddMCat.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\ctDco32.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CtEpDef32.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\ctHda.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CtHdaCtl.DLL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CtHdAsio.DLL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CtHdaSvc.EXE
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\ctHDb.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CTHMLX32.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\I386\CTHRFX32.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdabrz.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdachs.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdacht.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdadut.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdaeng.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdafrn.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdager.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdaita.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdajpn.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdakor.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdapol.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdarus.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Driver\Lang\cthdaspn.reg
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\install.bat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Setup.ini
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\AMD64\AddCat.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\AMD64\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\AMD64\setup.ini
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\I386\AddCat.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\I386\setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\Support\I386\setup.ini
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Program\uninstall.bat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\CTAudEp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\CTAudEp.rsc
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\CTLdRsR.rsc
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\CTLoadRs.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\de-DE\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\de-DE\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\de-DE\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\en-US\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\en-US\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\en-US\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\es-ES\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\es-ES\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\es-ES\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\fr-FR\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\fr-FR\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\fr-FR\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\HookWndU.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\HWAboutU.DLL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\it-IT\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\it-IT\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\it-IT\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ja-JP\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ja-JP\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ja-JP\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ko-KR\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ko-KR\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ko-KR\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\mfc42u.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\msvcp60.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\msvcrt.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\nl-NL\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\nl-NL\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\nl-NL\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pl-PL\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pl-PL\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pl-PL\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pt-BR\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pt-BR\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\pt-BR\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ru-RU\CTAudEp.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ru-RU\CTLdRsR.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\ru-RU\SBSpkCal.rsc.mui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SBSpkCal.bff
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SBSpkCal.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SBSpkCal.rsc
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SBSpkCalAbt.bff
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\SwInfo.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\Version.ini
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Sound Blaster Z-Series\Sound Blaster Speaker Setup\WaveFile\lfenoise.wav

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Creative Tech\Audio Endpoint Selection\Sound Blaster Z-Series Control Panel
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Creative Tech\Sound Blaster Z-Series Control Panel
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1BF46BADBBB0E684C9753A3EF464A3BE
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Creative Tech\Installation\Sound Blaster Z-Series
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Creative Tech\Software Installed\Sound Blaster Z-Series Control Panel
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{DAB64FB1-0BBB-486E-9C57-A3E34F463AEB}

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1BF46BADBBB0E684C9753A3EF464A3BE\ProductName


A way to remove Sound Blaster Z-Series using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sound Blaster Z-Series is a program by the software company Creative Technology Limited. Frequently, computer users want to remove this application. This can be difficult because removing this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. The best SIMPLE action to remove Sound Blaster Z-Series 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 an efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button
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4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
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5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Sound Blaster Z-Series or simply click the Search field and type in "Sound Blaster Z-Series". If it is installed on your PC the Sound Blaster Z-Series program will be found very quickly. After you click Sound Blaster Z-Series in the list of applications, some information about the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Sound Blaster Z-Series, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Sound Blaster Z-Series:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.creative.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{DAB64FB1-0BBB-486E-9C57-A3E34F463AEB}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Sound Blaster Z-Series.
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8. After removing Sound Blaster Z-Series, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Sound Blaster Z-Series that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Sound Blaster Z-Series with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Sound Blaster Z-Series by Creative Technology Limited from your PC, nor are we saying that Sound Blaster Z-Series by Creative Technology Limited is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Sound Blaster Z-Series in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-02-03 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-02-03 14:43:08.123