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A guide to uninstall VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 from your computer

This info is about VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is made by VideoLAN Team. Additional info about VideoLAN Team can be read here. Please follow if you want to read more on VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 on VideoLAN Team's website. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ being determined by the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 is C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 124.02 KB (126995 bytes) on disk and is named vlc.exe.

The following executables are contained in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1. They take 275.97 KB (282591 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (39.93 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (112.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (124.02 KB)


This data is about VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 version 0.8.1 only. A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry data can not be removed when you are trying to remove VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1:
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC

Files remaining:
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\AUTHORS.txt
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\COPYING.txt
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\admin\browse.html
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\admin\dboxfiles.html

Registry that is not uninstalled:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VLC media player
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VideoLAN\VLC

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\vlc.exe\shell\Play\command\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\PlayWithVLC\command\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DVD\shell\PlayWithVLC\command\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.MediaFile\DefaultIcon\


A way to uninstall VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 is an application by VideoLAN Team. Sometimes, people decide to remove this program. This can be hard because doing this manually requires some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY practice to remove VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 or simply click the Search field and type in "VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1". The VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.videolan.org
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1.
Uninstall VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1


8. After uninstalling VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 by VideoLAN Team from your PC, we are not saying that VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 by VideoLAN Team is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.1 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-19 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-19 19:57:59.193