Stardock Start8

A guide to uninstall Stardock Start8 from your PC

This page contains detailed information on how to remove Stardock Start8 for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Stardock Software, Inc.. Additional info about Stardock Software, Inc. can be found here. Please open http://stardock.com if you want to read more on Stardock Start8 on Stardock Software, Inc.'s page. Usually the Stardock Start8 application is placed in the C:\Program Files\Stardock\Start8 directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling Stardock Start8 is C:\Program Files\Stardock\Start8\unins000.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 2.15 MB (2252240 bytes) on disk and is labeled Start8Config.exe.

The executable files below are part of Stardock Start8. They occupy about 8.41 MB (8819555 bytes) on disk.

• DeElevate.exe (8.24 KB)
• DeElevate64.exe (10.24 KB)
• ExtractS8Theme.exe (143.11 KB)
• hlp.exe (40.61 KB)
• Start8.exe (235.17 KB)
• Start8Config.exe (2.15 MB)
• Start8Srv.exe (139.93 KB)
• Start8ThemeEdit.exe (1.73 MB)
• Start8tweak.exe (2.12 MB)
• Start8_64.exe (240.17 KB)
• unins000.exe (1.47 MB)
• zip.exe (139.64 KB)

...click to view all...

The information on this page is only about version 1.40.1 of Stardock Start8. For more Stardock Start8 versions please click below:

• 1.50
• 1.45
• 1.47
• 1.56
• 1.41
• 1.17
• 1.40
• 1.20
• 1.46
• 1.17.2
• 1.30.1
• 1.44
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.16
• 1.15
• 1.55

...click to view all...
Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Stardock Start8:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\DeElevate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\DeElevate64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\DeElevator.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\DeElevator64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\defs.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\defs2.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\ExtractS8Theme.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\GroupPolicy\start8_gp.admx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\hlp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\1.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\10.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\11.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\2.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\20.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\21.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\22.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\23.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\24.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\25.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\26.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\3.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\30.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\31.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\4.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\5.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\6.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\7.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\8.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Links\9.lnk
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\lua5.1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\sddlc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8_32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8_64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8_64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8Config.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8Shell32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8Shell64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8Srv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8ThemeEdit.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Start8tweak.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\unins000.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\Unistall.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\zip.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Start8_is1

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Start8\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Start8\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Start8\ImagePath

A way to erase Stardock Start8 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Stardock Start8 is an application released by the software company Stardock Software, Inc.. Frequently, computer users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE solution to remove Stardock Start8 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows system.

DOWNLOAD NOW

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Stardock Start8 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Stardock Start8". If it is installed on your PC the Stardock Start8 program will be found very quickly. When you click Stardock Start8 in the list of apps, the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Stardock Start8, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Stardock Start8:

• The web site of the program is: http://stardock.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Stardock\Start8\unins000.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Stardock Start8.


8. After removing Stardock Start8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Stardock Start8 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Stardock Start8 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Geographical user distribution

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Stardock Start8 by Stardock Software, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Stardock Start8 by Stardock Software, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Stardock Start8 in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.