Thorlabs Instrument Communicator

How to uninstall Thorlabs Instrument Communicator from your PC

Thorlabs Instrument Communicator is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Thorlabs GmbH. More information about Thorlabs GmbH can be read here. You can get more details related to Thorlabs Instrument Communicator at www.thorlabs.com. Thorlabs Instrument Communicator is typically set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator directory, regulated by the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\uninst.exe {5BC35B5C-7D2D-465F-9573-DEED15CA89DE} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Thorlabs Instrument Communicator. The program's main executable file occupies 698.91 KB (715688 bytes) on disk and is called Communicator.exe.

Thorlabs Instrument Communicator installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 963.24 KB (986360 bytes) on disk.

• Communicator.exe (698.91 KB)
• uninst.exe (208.00 KB)
• chkvisa.exe (56.33 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.4.0 of Thorlabs Instrument Communicator. You can find below info on other application versions of Thorlabs Instrument Communicator:

• 1.5.0
• 2.0.81.15

Thorlabs Instrument Communicator has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Thorlabs Instrument Communicator from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator

The files below are left behind on your disk by Thorlabs Instrument Communicator's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Communicator.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\arrow_left.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\arrow_right.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\ASRL.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\ASRLwt.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\GPIB.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\GPIBwt.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\GreenButton.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\RedCrossButton.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\USB.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Icons\USBwt.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\License.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Misc\chkvisa.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\OnlineHelp\Communicator.chm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\Readme.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\uninst.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thorlabs GmbH\Instrument Communicator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C5B53CB5D2D7F5645937EDDE51AC98ED
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NIMDFDeployment.{5BC35B5C-7D2D-465F-9573-DEED15CA89DE}

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C5B53CB5D2D7F5645937EDDE51AC98ED\ProductName

How to erase Thorlabs Instrument Communicator from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Thorlabs Instrument Communicator is a program released by the software company Thorlabs GmbH. Frequently, users try to uninstall this application. This is difficult because performing this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY manner to uninstall Thorlabs Instrument Communicator 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Thorlabs Instrument Communicator or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Thorlabs Instrument Communicator". If it is installed on your PC the Thorlabs Instrument Communicator application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Thorlabs Instrument Communicator 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 users have about Thorlabs Instrument Communicator, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Thorlabs Instrument Communicator:

• The publisher is: www.thorlabs.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Instrument Communicator\uninst.exe {5BC35B5C-7D2D-465F-9573-DEED15CA89DE}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Thorlabs Instrument Communicator.


8. After removing Thorlabs Instrument Communicator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Thorlabs Instrument Communicator that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Thorlabs Instrument Communicator using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Thorlabs Instrument Communicator by Thorlabs GmbH from your computer, nor are we saying that Thorlabs Instrument Communicator by Thorlabs GmbH is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Thorlabs Instrument Communicator in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.