VIA Platform Device Manager

A way to uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager from your computer

You can find below details on how to remove VIA Platform Device Manager for Windows. The Windows release was created by VIA Technologies, Inc.. You can find out more on VIA Technologies, Inc. or check for application updates here. You can read more about on VIA Platform Device Manager at http://forums.viaarena.com/. VIA Platform Device Manager is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VIA\Setup directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. You can remove VIA Platform Device Manager by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\Driver\7\INTEL3~1\IDriver.exe /M{20D4A895-748C-4D88-871C-FDB1695B0169} . Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is labeled xHCX64Install.exe and occupies 42.50 KB (43520 bytes).

VIA Platform Device Manager is comprised of the following executables which occupy 42.50 KB (43520 bytes) on disk:

• xHCX64Install.exe (42.50 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.44 of VIA Platform Device Manager. Click on the links below for other VIA Platform Device Manager versions:

• 1.39
• 1.13
• 1.43
• 1.12
• 1.27
• 1.24
• 1.40
• 1.21
• 1.41
• 1.38
• 1.42
• 1.22
• 1.34
• 1.36
• 1.33

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If you're planning to uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\165x300.bmp
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\500x60.bmp
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\asia.slf
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\english.slf
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\europe1.slf
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\europe2.slf
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\europe3.slf
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\europe4.slf
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\SETUP.MLF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\SETUP.SCF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\VIAPCI.SYS
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\VIASETUP.DLL
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\VIASETUP.LOG
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\xhc\Component.cif
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\xhc\xHCInstall.dll

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\InstallShield_{20D4A895-748C-4D88-871C-FDB1695B0169}

How to delete VIA Platform Device Manager from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VIA Platform Device Manager is a program offered by VIA Technologies, Inc.. Sometimes, people want to remove this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY action to remove VIA Platform Device Manager 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VIA Platform Device Manager or simply activate the Search field and type in "VIA Platform Device Manager". The VIA Platform Device Manager program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click VIA Platform Device Manager in the list of applications, the following data about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about VIA Platform Device Manager, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VIA Platform Device Manager:

• The web site of the application is: http://forums.viaarena.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\Driver\7\INTEL3~1\IDriver.exe /M{20D4A895-748C-4D88-871C-FDB1695B0169}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VIA Platform Device Manager.


8. After removing VIA Platform Device Manager, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong VIA Platform Device Manager that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VIA Platform Device Manager using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove VIA Platform Device Manager by VIA Technologies, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VIA Platform Device Manager by VIA Technologies, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove VIA Platform Device Manager in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.