WinZip

How to uninstall WinZip from your computer

This page is about WinZip for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by WinZip Computing LP. Further information on WinZip Computing LP can be found here. More details about WinZip can be found at http://www.winzip.com/wzredir.cgi?FRWWZX. WinZip is usually set up in the C:\PROGRA~1\WINZIP folder, depending on the user's decision. The complete uninstall command line for WinZip is C:\Program Files\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE. WINZIP32.EXE is the programs's main file and it takes close to 3.71 MB (3895296 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with WinZip. They take about 4.22 MB (4423168 bytes) on disk.

• WINZIP32.EXE (3.71 MB)
• WZMSG.EXE (79.50 KB)
• WZQKPICK.EXE (120.00 KB)
• WZSEPE32.EXE (316.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 10.06700 of WinZip. You can find here a few links to other WinZip releases:

• 10.06604
• 10.06644
• 11.07291
• 11.07313
• 10.06685
• 10.06698
• 11.07347
• 10.06699
• 10.07245
• 10.06667

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WinZip has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall WinZip:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\EXEMPLE.ZIP
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\README.TXT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip\WZFILVW.OCX

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinZip
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.arc
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.B64
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.BHX

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1118F681-7218-4071-B478-90D898A7663A}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{4E3770F4-1937-4F05-B9A2-959BE7321909}\InProcServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5F5EAFCF-CBE1-49F6-9489-9308BB6B5D8F}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7DD84CCA-FCB2-4D18-A01A-C19E031176CF}\InprocServer32\

A way to delete WinZip using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WinZip is a program marketed by WinZip Computing LP. Frequently, computer users try to erase it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because performing this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY solution to erase 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 already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find 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. Notice that after you select WinZip in the list of applications, some data about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about WinZip, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for WinZip:

• The software company is: http://www.winzip.com/wzredir.cgi?FRWWZX
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE

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


8. After removing WinZip, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong WinZip that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing WinZip with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall WinZip by WinZip Computing LP from your PC, nor are we saying that WinZip by WinZip Computing LP is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall WinZip in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.