Start8

How to uninstall Start8 from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Start8 for Windows. It is made by Stardock Corporation. Further information on Stardock Corporation can be seen here. Click on http://www.stardock.com to get more data about Start8 on Stardock Corporation's website. Start8 is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8 directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. The full uninstall command line for Start8 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\uninstall.exe. Start8Config.exe is the Start8's main executable file and it takes close to 2.06 MB (2156208 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside Start8. They take about 4.93 MB (5164568 bytes) on disk.

• DeElevate.exe (8.24 KB)
• DeElevate64.exe (10.24 KB)
• SDActivate.exe (984.67 KB)
• Start8.exe (235.17 KB)
• Start8Config.exe (2.06 MB)
• Start8Srv.exe (139.67 KB)
• Start8_64.exe (240.17 KB)
• uninstall.exe (1.29 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.01 of Start8. You can find here a few links to other Start8 versions:

• 1.10
• 0.98
• 1.1
• 1.00
• 1.02
• 1.092
• 1.0
• 1.03
• 0.86
• 0.87
• 0.90
• 0.85

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall Start8.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Start8:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\3506\C\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\Start8
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Stardock\Start8

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• 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

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.s8theme
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Start81.01
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Stardock\Misc\Start8

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\S8Theme\shell\open\command\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Stardock Start8\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Stardock Start8\InstallLocation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Stardock Start8\UninstallString

A way to uninstall Start8 from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start8 is a program released by Stardock Corporation. Frequently, people want to erase it. This can be efortful because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE way to erase Start8 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Start8 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Start8". If it is installed on your PC the Start8 app will be found very quickly. When you click Start8 in the list of programs, the following information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Start8, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Start8:

• The publisher is: http://www.stardock.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start8\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Start8.


8. After removing Start8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Start8 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Start8 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer 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 remove Start8 by Stardock Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Start8 by Stardock Corporation is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Start8 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.