Tinker

A way to uninstall Tinker from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Tinker for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. More information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. You can see more info related to Tinker at http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21054&hl=. rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection Tinker.inf,Uninstall is the full command line if you want to remove Tinker. Tinker.exe is the Tinker's main executable file and it takes close to 1.25 MB (1307136 bytes) on disk.

Tinker installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 2.64 MB (2765312 bytes) on disk.

• Tinker.exe (1.25 MB)
• TinkerEditor.exe (1.39 MB)

This web page is about Tinker version 6.0.6000.16748 only. Click on the links below for other Tinker versions:

• 1.0.0000.131
• 1.0.0001.131

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

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Tinker:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\d3dx9_39.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\en-US\sparkresource.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\menu.wma
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\SparkEditorResource.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\SparkGDF.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\SparkResource.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\SparkResourceEditor.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\Tinker.dat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\Tinker.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\Tinker.gdf
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\tinker.ico
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\Tinker.lnk
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\Tinker.png
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\Tinker_Editor.dat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\TinkerEditor.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\track1.wma
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\track2.wma
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\track3.wma
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\track4.wma
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\track5.wma
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\track6.wma

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Tinker

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Tinker\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Tinker\

A way to uninstall Tinker with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Tinker is an application marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK practice to uninstall Tinker is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Tinker or simply click the Search field and type in "Tinker". The Tinker application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Tinker in the list , some information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Tinker, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Tinker:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21054&hl=
• The uninstall string is: rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection Tinker.inf,Uninstall

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Tinker.


8. After uninstalling Tinker, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Tinker which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Tinker using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Tinker by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Tinker by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Tinker in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.