Surfer

How to uninstall Surfer from your PC

Surfer is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Golden Software. Go over here for more details on Golden Software. Usually the Surfer program is found in the C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer directory, depending on the user's option during install. Surfer's entire uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\\Golden Software\Surfer\{CB1B602F-5A8A-4D1B-8017-A7DE9A79CB62}\Surfer(19.1.189)_Installer.exe. Surfer.exe is the Surfer's main executable file and it occupies close to 10.40 MB (10905048 bytes) on disk.

Surfer is comprised of the following executables which occupy 15.94 MB (16712424 bytes) on disk:

GeodeWPF.exe (1,011.46 KB)
GoldenSoftwareUpdate.exe (472.96 KB)
GSCrashu.exe (647.46 KB)
pdftobmp.exe (1.72 MB)
pdftoppm.exe (1.61 MB)
Scripter.exe (137.96 KB)
Surfer.exe (10.40 MB)

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This info is about Surfer version 19.1.189 only. Click on the links below for other Surfer versions:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders remaining:

C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Golden Software\Surfer
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Golden Software\Surfer

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AdditionalNotices.txt
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\ADOLibu.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\angularunit.gsj
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\ColormapPresets.toml
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\Colors.ini
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\LineStyles.ini
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\MapDescription.txt
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\MathtextTemplate.lbt
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\alpine_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\alpine_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\alpine_yneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\alpine_ypos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\alpine_zneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\alpine_zpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Cloudy Light Rays_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Cloudy Light Rays_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Cloudy Light Rays_yneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Cloudy Light Rays_ypos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Cloudy Light Rays_zneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Cloudy Light Rays_zpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Dark Stormy_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Dark Stormy_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Dark Stormy_yneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Dark Stormy_ypos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Dark Stormy_zneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Dark Stormy_zpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field1_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field1_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field1_yneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field1_ypos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field1_zneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field1_zpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field2_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field2_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field2_yneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field2_ypos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field2_zneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field2_zpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field3_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field3_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field3_yneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field3_ypos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field3_zneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\field3_zpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Full Moon_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Full Moon_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Full Moon_yneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Full Moon_ypos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Full Moon_zneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Full Moon_zpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\readme.txt
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Sunset_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Sunset_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Sunset_yneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Sunset_ypos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Sunset_zneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Sunset_zpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Thick Clouds Water_xneg.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Thick Clouds Water_xpos.jpg
C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\AppData\SkyBoxes\Thick Clouds Water_yneg.jpg

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

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.srf\Surfer.Plot
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\Surfer.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Surfer(11.5.1069)_Installer.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Surfer(19.1.189)_Installer.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Surfer19.exe
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Surfer.Application
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Surfer.GridEdit
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Surfer.Plot
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Golden Software\Surfer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\04FDF8DA4DC202E458898FE788A545C3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\53B3C2724FA29594983FDA5670F48216
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Surfer

Additional registry values that you should delete:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\Surfer.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\Surfer.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\Surfer01hac.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\Surfer01hac.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Surfer19\Surfer_19_Installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Surfer19\Surfer_19_Installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Surfer19\Surfer19.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Surfer19\Surfer19.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Surfer19\x64\LicS19.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Surfer19\x64\LicS19χ64.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\DOWNLOADS\Golden Software\Surfer 19.1 Build 189 [x86 x64] incl Patch [CrackingPatching]\Surfer01hac.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\DOWNLOADS\Golden Software\Surfer 19.1 Build 189 [x86 x64] incl Patch [CrackingPatching]\Surfer01hac.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\DOWNLOADS\Golden Software\Surfer 19\Surfer_19_Installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\DOWNLOADS\Golden Software\Surfer 19\Surfer_19_Installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\04FDF8DA4DC202E458898FE788A545C3\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\53B3C2724FA29594983FDA5670F48216\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer 11\InternetUpdateu.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer 11\Surfer.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\GSCrashu.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\Golden Software\Surfer\Surfer.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\ProgramData\Golden Software\Surfer\{CB1B602F-5A8A-4D1B-8017-A7DE9A79CB62}\Surfer(19.1.189)_Installer.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\Temp\mia2C80.tmp\Surfer(11.5.1069)_Installer.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\Temp\mia97A.tmp\Surfer(19.1.189)_Installer.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\Temp\RarSFX0\Surfer19.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2220044595-584655413-1592029509-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume8\SOFTWARE\PROCESSING SOFTWARE FOLDER\GOLDEN SOFTWARE\SURFER\Surfer v11.5.1069 - Key\Surfer v11.5.1069 - Key\Setup.exe

A way to uninstall Surfer from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Surfer is an application marketed by the software company Golden Software. Frequently, people try to erase this application. This is hard because doing this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK practice to erase Surfer 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs

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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Surfer or simply activate the Search field and type in "Surfer". If it is installed on your PC the Surfer program will be found very quickly. After you select Surfer in the list of apps, some data about the program is available to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Surfer, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
Technical information about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Surfer.

8. After uninstalling Surfer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Surfer which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Surfer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Surfer by Golden Software from your PC, nor are we saying that Surfer by Golden Software is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Surfer supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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.

2020-09-13 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-09-13 19:36:33.380

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