Windscribe

A guide to uninstall Windscribe from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to remove Windscribe for Windows. It is written by Windscribe Limited. More information about Windscribe Limited can be found here. Please follow http://www.windscribe.com/ if you want to read more on Windscribe on Windscribe Limited's web page. Windscribe is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\Windscribe folder, regulated by the user's decision. C:\Program Files\Windscribe\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Windscribe. WindscribeLauncher.exe is the Windscribe's main executable file and it occupies approximately 323.92 KB (331696 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in Windscribe. They take 31.74 MB (33279968 bytes) on disk.

• ChangeIcs.exe (164.42 KB)
• subinacl.exe (290.92 KB)
• tstunnel.exe (234.92 KB)
• uninstall.exe (509.42 KB)
• windscribe-cli.exe (2.27 MB)
• Windscribe.exe (7.28 MB)
• WindscribeInstallHelper.exe (33.42 KB)
• WindscribeLauncher.exe (323.92 KB)
• windscribeopenvpn_2_5_4.exe (740.92 KB)
• WindscribeService.exe (1.20 MB)
• WireguardService.exe (545.42 KB)
• wstunnel.exe (17.93 MB)
• ws_com_server.exe (93.92 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (97.99 KB)

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This data is about Windscribe version 2.5.6 only. You can find below info on other releases of Windscribe:

• 2.9.9
• 1.8028
• 2.4.6
• 2.316
• 2.8.6
• 1.8033
• 2.6.14
• 2.5.14
• 2.6.5
• 2.10.5
• 2.9.2
• 1.8320
• 2.4.10
• 1.8317
• 2.210
• 1.838
• 2.7.3
• 2.7.4
• 2.042
• 1.8026
• 2.4.5
• 2.21
• 2.014
• 1.8130
• 1.8113
• 1.8217
• 1.8024
• 2.019
• 1.826
• 2.7.11
• 2.10.6
• 2.310
• 2.24
• 2.5.8
• 2.8.5
• 2.4.8
• 2.032
• 2.039
• 2.5.12
• 1.8032
• 2.8.1
• 2.13
• 2.7.5
• 2.7.12
• 2.6.6
• 2.42
• 2.315
• 2.5.17
• 2.038
• 2.7.14
• 2.8.2
• 1.8141
• 2.4.11
• 2.41
• 2.5.1
• 1.8030
• 1.8110
• 1.8139
• 2.5.18
• 2.7.9
• 2.43
• 1.83.1.20
• 2.022
• 2.7.10
• 2.7.6
• 2.33
• 2.9.7
• 1.8144
• 2.5.10
• 2.9.6
• 2.10.7
• 2.25
• 2.6.12
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.11
• 2.311
• 1.8143
• 2.10.8
• 1.8142
• 1.8318
• 1.8031
• 2.10.2
• 2.9.4

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Windscribe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Windscribe_WindscribeLauncher_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\gui_2022-03-08_13-29-02.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\gui_2022-03-24_08-47-26.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\gui_2022-04-23_13-54-48.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\log_engine.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\log_gui.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\log_installer.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\log_uninstaller.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\ping_log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\ping_log_custom_configs.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\prev_log_engine.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\prev_log_gui.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\prev_log_installer.txt

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Windscribe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Windscribe_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Windscribe_RASCHAP
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Windscribe_RASMANCS

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Windscribe\WindscribeLauncher.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Windscribe\WindscribeLauncher.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1614557891-2743798965-3829429497-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Program Files (x86)\Windscribe\Windscribe.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1614557891-2743798965-3829429497-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Program Files\Windscribe\Windscribe.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1614557891-2743798965-3829429497-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Windscribe\Windscribe2\installer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapwindscribe0901\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindscribeService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindscribeSplitTunnel\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\windtun420\Description

A way to erase Windscribe from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Windscribe is a program released by Windscribe Limited. Frequently, users choose to remove this program. This can be difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE way to remove Windscribe is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Windscribe or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Windscribe". The Windscribe application will be found automatically. When you click Windscribe in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Windscribe, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Windscribe:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.windscribe.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Windscribe\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Windscribe.


8. After uninstalling Windscribe, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Windscribe that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Windscribe with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Windscribe by Windscribe Limited from your PC, nor are we saying that Windscribe by Windscribe Limited is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Windscribe supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.