WinZip

A guide to uninstall WinZip from your system

WinZip is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It is written by WinZip Computing, Inc.. More information about WinZip Computing, Inc. can be seen here. Click on http://www.winzip.com to get more details about WinZip on WinZip Computing, Inc.'s website. WinZip is commonly installed in the C:\PROGRA~2\WINZIP directory, depending on the user's decision. The entire uninstall command line for WinZip is C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE. WinZip's main file takes about 1.98 MB (2076739 bytes) and is called WINZIP32.EXE.

WinZip contains of the executables below. They occupy 2.37 MB (2486403 bytes) on disk.

• WINZIP32.EXE (1.98 MB)
• WZQKPICK.EXE (104.06 KB)
• WZSEPE32.EXE (296.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 8.115266 of WinZip. You can find below info on other releases of WinZip:

• 8.125791
• 9.016224
• 9.05611
• 9.0
• 8.14180
• 9.05480
• 9.06007
• 8.14331
• 9.06028

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall WinZip.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WinZip:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\EXAMPLE.ZIP
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\FILE_ID.DIZ
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\LICENSE.TXT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\ORDER.TXT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\README.TXT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\VENDOR.TXT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WHATSNEW.TXT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WINZIP.CNT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WINZIP.HLP
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WINZIP.TXT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZ.COM
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZ.PIF
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZ32.DLL
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZCAB.DLL
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZCAB3.DLL
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZINST.HLP
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZQKPICK.EXE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZQKSTRT.RTF
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZSEPE32.EXE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZSHLEX1.DLL
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZSHLSTB.DLL
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZTUTOR.HLP
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZVINFO.DLL
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZWIZARD.HLP
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZZPMAIL.DLL

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinZip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinZip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinZip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinZip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinZip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinZip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinZip
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Nico Mak Computing\WinZip
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\WinZip Computing
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinZip
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Nico Mak Computing\WinZip

How to delete WinZip from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WinZip is an application by WinZip Computing, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be hard because doing this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE approach to uninstall WinZip 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows computer.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate WinZip or simply click the Search feature and type in "WinZip". If it exists on your system the WinZip application will be found very quickly. After you select WinZip in the list , the following information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about WinZip, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for WinZip:

• The software company is: http://www.winzip.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall WinZip.


8. After uninstalling WinZip, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WinZip which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WinZip using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove WinZip by WinZip Computing, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that WinZip by WinZip Computing, Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove WinZip in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.