Ares 2.1.8

A guide to uninstall Ares 2.1.8 from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Ares 2.1.8 for Windows. The Windows release was created by Ares Development Group. Further information on Ares Development Group can be seen here. Please open http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net if you want to read more on Ares 2.1.8 on Ares Development Group's website. Usually the Ares 2.1.8 application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Ares 2.1.8 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\uninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. Ares 2.1.8's main file takes around 3.06 MB (3209216 bytes) and is named Ares.exe.

Ares 2.1.8 installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 5.00 MB (5239999 bytes) on disk.

• Ares.exe (3.06 MB)
• chatclient.exe (982.50 KB)
• chatServer.exe (389.00 KB)
• emoticonSelector.exe (540.50 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (71.19 KB)

This page is about Ares 2.1.8 version 2.1.83042 only. After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Ares 2.1.8:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\avatar.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\Avatar.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ChatroomIPs.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\default.m3u
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\DHTnodes.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\FailedSNodes.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\MiniAvatar.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ShareH.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\ShareL.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Ares\Data\SNodes.dat

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Ares.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ares.Arlnk
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ares.CollectionList
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ares.Playlist
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ares.Torrent
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ares
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Ares_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Ares_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\SoftonicDownloader_para_ares_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\SoftonicDownloader_para_ares_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Ares

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{50CDF11B-2628-439F-B3EA-74D7EE76F01D}C:\program files\ares\ares.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{17B0EA40-A8A6-41E9-86D3-FE9D3E98CF89}C:\program files\ares\ares.exe

How to uninstall Ares 2.1.8 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ares 2.1.8 is an application by the software company Ares Development Group. Sometimes, computer users choose to remove it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this manually requires some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY approach to remove Ares 2.1.8 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 one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Ares 2.1.8 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Ares 2.1.8". If it exists on your system the Ares 2.1.8 application will be found automatically. When you select Ares 2.1.8 in the list , the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Ares 2.1.8, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Ares 2.1.8:

• The software company is: http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Ares 2.1.8.


8. After removing Ares 2.1.8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Ares 2.1.8 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Ares 2.1.8 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Ares 2.1.8 by Ares Development Group from your computer, we are not saying that Ares 2.1.8 by Ares Development Group is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Ares 2.1.8 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.