TwinCAT

A way to uninstall TwinCAT from your computer

You can find below details on how to uninstall TwinCAT for Windows. It is developed by Beckhoff. More information about Beckhoff can be seen here. Please open http://www.Beckhoff.com if you want to read more on TwinCAT on Beckhoff's website. Usually the TwinCAT program is placed in the C:\TwinCAT directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove TwinCAT by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{DD366319-FDE5-4B15-9299-E1B95AAD5790}\setup.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is named setup.exe and its approximative size is 785.00 KB (803840 bytes).

The executable files below are installed alongside TwinCAT. They take about 785.00 KB (803840 bytes) on disk.

• setup.exe (785.00 KB)

This info is about TwinCAT version 2.11.000 only. Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be removed when you are trying to remove TwinCAT from your computer.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Dados de aplicativos\Beckhoff\TwinCAT
• C:\TwinCAT

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove TwinCAT:

• C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Dados de aplicativos\Beckhoff\TwinCAT\TwinCAT\Io\EtherCATCache.UserNameml
• C:\TWINCAT\401comupd.eUserNamee
• C:\TWINCAT\AdsApi\AdsOcUserName\UserName64\AdsOcUserName.ocUserName
• C:\TWINCAT\AdsApi\AdsOcUserName\UserName86\AdsOcUserName.ocUserName

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{3C49D6C3-93DC-11D0-B162-00A0248C244B}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{5E2A6F38-F37E-44DC-93B4-1FD516289314}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{8524D54E-83EB-42CF-9E2F-D3B185B9B701}
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{8754F6D1-6134-11D2-9E29-00E01890498A}

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{09BA7245-3F4A-4602-9569-37DFB4BA7DDB}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{09BA7245-3F4A-4602-9569-37DFB4BA7DDB}\ToolboUserNameBitmap32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F039458-0624-43F1-91A0-CA233EAA4104}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F039458-0624-43F1-91A0-CA233EAA4104}\ToolboUserNameBitmap32\

How to delete TwinCAT from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

TwinCAT is a program offered by the software company Beckhoff. Some people choose to remove this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY action to remove TwinCAT 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 already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate TwinCAT or simply activate the Search feature and type in "TwinCAT". The TwinCAT application will be found automatically. After you select TwinCAT in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding TwinCAT, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for TwinCAT:

• The publisher is: http://www.Beckhoff.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{DD366319-FDE5-4B15-9299-E1B95AAD5790}\setup.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove TwinCAT.


8. After uninstalling TwinCAT, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong TwinCAT that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing TwinCAT with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall TwinCAT by Beckhoff from your PC, we are not saying that TwinCAT by Beckhoff is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall TwinCAT in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.