BOINC

A guide to uninstall BOINC from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall BOINC for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Go over here where you can find out more on Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Click on http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ to get more information about BOINC on Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley's website. BOINC is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\BOINC directory, depending on the user's choice. MsiExec.exe /X{F9D10252-6633-4CE9-9A9D-8558A61FB976} is the full command line if you want to remove BOINC. The application's main executable file is labeled boinc.exe and its approximative size is 1.42 MB (1486112 bytes).

BOINC is comprised of the following executables which take 12.76 MB (13374880 bytes) on disk:

• boinc.exe (1.42 MB)
• boinccmd.exe (620.28 KB)
• boincmgr.exe (8.60 MB)
• boincscr.exe (2.05 MB)
• boincsvcctrl.exe (15.78 KB)
• boinctray.exe (68.28 KB)

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The current web page applies to BOINC version 7.9.2 alone. You can find here a few links to other BOINC releases:

• 7.2.39
• 6.12.33
• 7.4.12
• 6.12.34
• 7.3.19
• 7.2.28
• 7.10.2
• 6.10.18
• 8.0.0
• 7.14.2
• 7.2.31
• 7.16.7
• 8.0.3
• 7.14.0
• 7.20.2
• 6.2.19
• 7.4.36
• 7.6.29
• 7.8.3
• 5.4.9
• 7.2.33
• 7.2.42
• 7.22.2
• 7.0.25
• 7.6.9
• 5.10.45
• 7.9.3
• 6.6.38
• 7.6.21
• 8.0.2
• 7.16.20
• 7.12.1
• 6.10.58
• 7.24.1
• 6.10.43
• 7.7.2
• 7.6.6
• 7.0.28
• 7.6.18
• 7.4.42
• 7.6.2
• 7.0.8
• 8.0.4
• 7.6.22
• 7.8.2
• 7.16.5
• 7.16.3
• 7.8.0
• 7.16.11
• 5.10.30
• 7.6.33
• 7.22.0
• 7.0.64
• 6.10.60
• 7.4.22
• 7.4.27

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A way to erase BOINC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BOINC is a program released by the software company Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. Some users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE manner to uninstall BOINC 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate BOINC or simply click the Search feature and type in "BOINC". If it exists on your system the BOINC app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click BOINC in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding BOINC, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for BOINC:

• The publisher is: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{F9D10252-6633-4CE9-9A9D-8558A61FB976}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall BOINC.


8. After removing BOINC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong BOINC which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling BOINC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley from your computer, nor are we saying that BOINC by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove BOINC in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.