Virtual COM Port Driver

A way to uninstall Virtual COM Port Driver from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Virtual COM Port Driver for Windows. The Windows release was developed by STMicroelectronics. Go over here where you can find out more on STMicroelectronics. More details about the application Virtual COM Port Driver can be found at http://www.st.com. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing Virtual COM Port Driver is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\8\Intel 32\IDriver.exe /M{9853299F-7AD8-4560-9896-60650BD8ACBF} . Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. DPInst_x64.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 908.47 KB (930272 bytes) on disk.

Virtual COM Port Driver installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 1.65 MB (1725376 bytes) on disk.

• DPInst_x64.exe (908.47 KB)
• DPInst_x86.exe (776.47 KB)

The current web page applies to Virtual COM Port Driver version 1.00.0000 only. You can find here a few links to other Virtual COM Port Driver releases:

• 1.3.1

Many files, folders and registry data will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove Virtual COM Port Driver from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Virtual COM Port Driver:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\dpinst.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\DPInst_x64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\DPInst_x86.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\msports.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\serenum.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\stmcdc98_2K.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\stmcdcXP_VISTA-x86-x64.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\usbser.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\Virtual COM Port Driver\version.txt

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F99235898DA7065489690656B08DCAFB
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\InstallShield_{9853299F-7AD8-4560-9896-60650BD8ACBF}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F99235898DA7065489690656B08DCAFB\ProductName

How to remove Virtual COM Port Driver with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Virtual COM Port Driver is an application offered by the software company STMicroelectronics. Some people want to uninstall this program. This can be difficult because doing this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. The best EASY practice to uninstall Virtual COM Port Driver is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows system.

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

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

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Virtual COM Port Driver or simply click the Search feature and type in "Virtual COM Port Driver". The Virtual COM Port Driver application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Virtual COM Port Driver in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Virtual COM Port Driver, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Virtual COM Port Driver:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.st.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\8\Intel 32\IDriver.exe /M{9853299F-7AD8-4560-9896-60650BD8ACBF}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Virtual COM Port Driver.


8. After removing Virtual COM Port Driver, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Virtual COM Port Driver which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Virtual COM Port Driver using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Virtual COM Port Driver by STMicroelectronics from your PC, nor are we saying that Virtual COM Port Driver by STMicroelectronics is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Virtual COM Port Driver 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' computers.