Windows Live

How to uninstall Windows Live from your system

Windows Live is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. You can find out more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates here. More information about Windows Live can be found at http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials. Usually the Windows Live application is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The complete uninstall command line for Windows Live is C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlarp.exe. MovieMaker.exe is the Windows Live's main executable file and it occupies circa 118.41 KB (121256 bytes) on disk.

Windows Live installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 4.65 MB (4880864 bytes) on disk.

• wlcomm.exe (35.91 KB)
• LangSelector.exe (321.44 KB)
• wlarp.exe (1.23 MB)
• wlsettings.exe (416.44 KB)
• wlstartup.exe (593.44 KB)
• MovieMaker.exe (118.41 KB)
• WLXAlbumDownloadWizard.exe (283.91 KB)
• WLXCodecHost.exe (56.44 KB)
• WLXPhotoAcquireWizard.exe (139.41 KB)
• WLXPhotoGallery.exe (139.44 KB)
• WLXPhotoGalleryRepair.exe (28.94 KB)
• WLXQuickTimeControlHost.exe (135.44 KB)
• WLXTranscode.exe (306.94 KB)
• WLXVideoAcquireWizard.exe (849.44 KB)
• WLXVideoCameraAutoPlayManager.exe (77.44 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 16.4.3503.0728 of Windows Live. You can find here a few links to other Windows Live versions:

• 15.4.3508.1109
• 15.4.3502.0922
• 16.4.3528.0331
• 15.4.3555.0308
• 16.4.3505.0912
• 16.4.3508.0205
• 16.4.3522.0110
• 15.4.3538.0513

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Several files, folders and Windows registry data can not be deleted when you are trying to remove Windows Live from your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Windows Live:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\cdn.odc.officeapps.live.com
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windows Live

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\abssm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\condb.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\conmigrate.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\conproxy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\consync.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\liveNatTrav.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\LivePlatform.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\livetransport.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\lmcdata.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\ObjectStore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\PresenceIM.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\defmgr.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\fr\LangSelectorLang.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\fr\startuplang.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\fr\wlsettingslang.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\fr\wlsres.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\LangSelector.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\langselectorhc.thm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\LangSelectorLang.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\LangSelectorRes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\settingshc.thm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\startuphc.thm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\startuplang.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\startupres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlarp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlsettings.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlsettingslang.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlsettingsres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlshim.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlsres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlstartup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlupdate.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\ErrorResponse.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\highcont.thm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msgrapp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msgrvsta.thm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msgsc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msgslang.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msgsres.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\psmsong.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\rtmpltfm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\shareanything.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\ShareAnythingControllang.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\ShareAnythingControlRes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\uccapi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\uccapires.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\vvpltfrm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\DmxBici.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\MetadataSys.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\Microsoft.WindowsLive.PublishPlugins.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\Microsoft.WindowsLive.SubscribePlugins.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\PublishPluginsInterop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\RegRes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\SubscribePluginsInterop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLFacebookPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLFlickrPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLVimeoPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLXImageTranscode.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLXMediaPublishSubscribe.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLXPhotoBase.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLXPhotoSqm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLXTranscode.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\WLYouTubePlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\ExclusionList.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\fr\uxctlloc.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\fr\wliduxloc.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\MPG4DEMUX.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\RSCMFT.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\sqmapi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\uxcalendar.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\uxcontacts.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\uxcore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\uxctl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\uxctlhc.thm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\uxctlloc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\WLAVRes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\wlbici.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\wldcore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\wldlog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\wlidux.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\wliduxhc.thm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\wliduxloc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\WLMFDS.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\WLMFReadWrite.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared\WLXMovieLibrary.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\SOXE\wlsoxe.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\cdn.odc.officeapps.live.com\odc-xml-resource=OneDriveSyncClientUpsell&lcid=1033&syslcid=1033&uilcid=1033&ver=150
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Bici\_00.sqm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Bici\_01.sqm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Bici\_02.sqm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Bici\_03.sqm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Bici\Bici13_00.sqm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Bici\wlexpid_00.sqm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Bici\wlexpid_01.sqm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\SqmApi\SqmData720896_00.sqm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\SqmApi\SqmData720896_01.sqm

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\AuthCookies\Live
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Identity\Identities\6514930858e5d6d4_LiveId\TicketCache\ssl.live.com::MBI_SSL_SHORT
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Internet\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\cdn.odc.officeapps.live.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\03AAEB481FA1B054D97DDA838B0440AB
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\210F98643E8CE6F4DBFE3176D1356ACD
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3EB33AB4FC022794DB764BC4FE5AD2BC
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4047FD4664D9FA44FA1A2A8F5D46C8D2
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\480F8AF4F24C1E547B5E0E8C1A80D35C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\7EF8EE67759115C4094794038AFC1BFA
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\98453F87D126DFF4CB7EC2C783794EC7
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B1157501EF8F0324E93DBA49A975EEA4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B96437AB7C8D3EF43BC331040DF97090
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\CEC51392EC6E493448CDF668E2D8A925
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F283A9F48744630409C57FD72FAE3007
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OnlineProviders\Windows Live Identity Provider
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Windows Live ID Token Issuer
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinLiveSuite

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MrtCache\C:%5CProgram Files%5CWindowsApps%5CMicrosoft.Xbox.TCUI_1.11.29001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe%5Cresources.pri\1d3e4ec43470f91\a1765890\Xbox Live
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\03AAEB481FA1B054D97DDA838B0440AB\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\210F98643E8CE6F4DBFE3176D1356ACD\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3EB33AB4FC022794DB764BC4FE5AD2BC\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4047FD4664D9FA44FA1A2A8F5D46C8D2\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\480F8AF4F24C1E547B5E0E8C1A80D35C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\7EF8EE67759115C4094794038AFC1BFA\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\98453F87D126DFF4CB7EC2C783794EC7\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B1157501EF8F0324E93DBA49A975EEA4\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B96437AB7C8D3EF43BC331040DF97090\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\CEC51392EC6E493448CDF668E2D8A925\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F283A9F48744630409C57FD72FAE3007\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3408438143-2526115129-1279818413-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlarp.exe

How to uninstall Windows Live with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Windows Live is an application by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, computer users choose to remove this application. This can be hard because performing this manually takes some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY solution to remove Windows Live is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on 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 tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Windows Live or simply click the Search field and type in "Windows Live". The Windows Live application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Windows Live in the list of apps, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Windows Live, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Windows Live:

• The publisher is: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlarp.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Windows Live.


8. After removing Windows Live, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Windows Live that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Windows Live using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Windows Live by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Windows Live by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Windows Live supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.