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A guide to uninstall Web Companion from your computer

Web Companion is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Lavasoft. Additional info about Lavasoft can be seen here. More details about Web Companion can be seen at . Usually the Web Companion application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Web Companion by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is labeled WebCompanion.exe and its approximative size is 7.96 MB (8349280 bytes).

Web Companion installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 9.01 MB (9443904 bytes) on disk.

  • Ad-Aware Web Companion.exe (626.59 KB)
  • Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe (28.59 KB)
  • WcCommunication.exe (29.09 KB)
  • WebCompanion.exe (7.96 MB)
  • WebCompanion.Loader.exe (20.59 KB)
  • WebCompanionInstaller.exe (364.09 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 7.0.2334.4166 of Web Companion. Click on the links below for other Web Companion versions:

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Web Companion has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lavasoft\Web Companion
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{011386d6-f2d2-4524-bc60-3c52fc22dcb6}


A way to erase Web Companion with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Web Companion is a program offered by the software company Lavasoft. Frequently, computer users decide to uninstall this application. This is hard because removing this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY procedure to uninstall Web Companion 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Web Companion or simply click the Search feature and type in "Web Companion". If it is installed on your PC the Web Companion program will be found very quickly. When you click Web Companion in the list of apps, the following information about the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Web Companion, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Web Companion:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.lavasoft.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\WebCompanionInstaller.exe --uninstall
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Web Companion.
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8. After uninstalling Web Companion, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Web Companion that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Web Companion with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Web Companion by Lavasoft from your PC, nor are we saying that Web Companion by Lavasoft is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Web Companion supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2020-09-27 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-09-27 19:54:41.153