Avid Pro Tools

A guide to uninstall Avid Pro Tools from your PC

This web page is about Avid Pro Tools for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Avid Technology, Inc.. You can read more on Avid Technology, Inc. or check for application updates here. You can get more details related to Avid Pro Tools at http://www.avid.com. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools folder (same installation drive as Windows). Avid Pro Tools's main file takes about 14.82 MB (15541720 bytes) and is named ProTools.exe.

Avid Pro Tools contains of the executables below. They take 27.54 MB (28878400 bytes) on disk.

• Crash Reporter.exe (454.00 KB)
• digisptiservice64.exe (186.00 KB)
• Inspector.exe (32.50 KB)
• MMERefresh.exe (83.00 KB)
• ProTools.exe (14.82 MB)
• ProToolsUserSetup.exe (143.50 KB)
• SoftwareUpdater.exe (946.73 KB)
• DigiTest.exe (4.66 MB)
• SYNCSetup.exe (544.23 KB)
• ProToolsQuickTimeServer.exe (1.83 MB)
• AvidVideoEngine.exe (278.82 KB)
• DSM_Server.exe (142.32 KB)
• QuickTime_OPServer.exe (1.72 MB)
• HWInstall.exe (1.29 MB)
• AAFDump.exe (177.32 KB)
• MXFDump.exe (310.82 KB)

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This data is about Avid Pro Tools version 11.1.2 only. You can find below info on other versions of Avid Pro Tools:

• 10.3.2
• 18.7.0.201
• 21.6.0.101
• 18.1.0.208
• 12.6.1.634
• 10.3.5
• 10.3.6
• 12.5.1.476
• 12.8.0.840
• 10.3.7
• 22.5.0.192
• 11.3.2
• 10.3.8
• 23.12.0.136
• 21.10.0.67
• 10.3.4
• 23.12.1.138
• 12.0.0.456
• 12.8.0.772
• 20.9.1.123
• 22.4.0.168
• 11.0.0
• 12.1.0.94
• 22.9.0.112
• 21.7.0.127
• 21.3.0.171
• 18.1.0.241
• 12.9.0.150
• 12.8.2.30
• 12.8.2.106
• 11.1.1
• 12.4.0.294
• 22.12.0.326
• 24.10.0.197
• 22.6.0.88
• 10.3.9
• 11.1.3
• 12.8.0.764
• 24.6.0.149
• 12.3.1.260
• 11.2.2
• 20.9.0.119
• 12.8.2.72
• 12.9.0.185
• 11.2.0
• 12.2.0.152
• 22.10.0.134
• 12.9.0.155
• 18.4.0.317
• 12.8.0.825
• 18.12.0.307
• 20.11.0.157
• 12.2.1.185
• 19.12.0.534
• 18.10.0.246
• 18.1.0.236
• 12.5.2.511
• 12.7.0.676
• 10.3.3
• 11.1.0
• 22.7.0.104
• 12.9.0.187
• 10.3
• 19.6.0.370
• 12.8.0.816
• 12.3.0.241
• 22.7.0.105
• 12.7.1.703
• 12.7.1.729
• 23.6.0.110
• 21.3.1.176
• 20.12.0.190
• 23.3.0.89
• 12.8.0.834
• 18.1.0.226
• 24.3.0.133
• 12.5.0.395
• 10.0.1
• 10.2.0
• 12.7.1.733
• 18.3.0.285
• 12.8.0.748
• 12.8.3.178
• 11.3
• 24.10.1.204
• 10.3.1
• 23.9.0.155
• 24.3.1.162
• 10.0.0
• 11.2.1
• 19.5.0.322
• 11.3.1
• 11.0.2
• 12.8.1.921
• 12.7.1.727
• 10.3.10
• 12.7.0.672
• 12.7.0.661
• 19.10.0.494
• 12.6.0.585

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Many files, folders and Windows registry data will be left behind when you remove Avid Pro Tools from your computer.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avid\Pro Tools

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MMERefresh.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Avid_Pro Tools_Pro Tools Utilities_DigiTest_DigiTest_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Avid_Pro Tools_ProTools_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avid\Pro Tools\DSIPrefs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avid\Pro Tools\InstalledAAXPlugIns
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avid\Pro Tools\Last Used.pio
• C:\Windows\Installer\{6639EEFC-1096-40B4-9BF6-92046A3D4287}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Avid\Pro Tools
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AVID\Pro Tools
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\CFEE936669014B04B96F2940A6D32478
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6639EEFC-1096-40B4-9BF6-92046A3D4287}

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools\Pro Tools Utilities\DigiTest\DigiTest.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools\Pro Tools Utilities\DigiTest\DigiTest.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools\ProTools.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools\ProTools.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\CFEE936669014B04B96F2940A6D32478\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{6639EEFC-1096-40B4-9BF6-92046A3D4287}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DigiRefresh\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\digiSPTIService64\ImagePath

How to erase Avid Pro Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Avid Pro Tools is an application offered by Avid Technology, Inc.. Frequently, computer users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this manually requires some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY approach to uninstall Avid Pro Tools is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Avid Pro Tools or simply click the Search field and type in "Avid Pro Tools". If it is installed on your PC the Avid Pro Tools application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Avid Pro Tools in the list , some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Avid Pro Tools, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Avid Pro Tools.


8. After removing Avid Pro Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Avid Pro Tools which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Avid Pro Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Avid Pro Tools by Avid Technology, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Avid Pro Tools by Avid Technology, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Avid Pro Tools supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.