BearShare

How to uninstall BearShare from your PC

This page is about BearShare for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Free Peers, Inc.. Further information on Free Peers, Inc. can be seen here. More data about the app BearShare can be seen at http://www.freepeers.com. The entire uninstall command line for BearShare is C:\PROGRA~1\BEARSH~1\UNWISE.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\BEARSH~1\INSTALL.LOG. BearShare.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 3.15 MB (3305472 bytes) on disk.

BearShare contains of the executables below. They occupy 6.92 MB (7251784 bytes) on disk.

• BearShare.exe (3.15 MB)
• UNWISE.EXE (149.50 KB)
• Webstats.exe (288.00 KB)
• BSLITEINSTALL.exe (3.34 MB)

This data is about BearShare version 5.2.5.1 alone. You can find here a few links to other BearShare versions:

• 4.6.0.55
• 5.1.0.27
• 5.2.4.1
• 5.2.5.3
• 5.2.1.2
• 4.6.0.54
• 4.0.4.1
• 5.2.2.2
• 5.2.5.6
• 4.5.1.8

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BearShare has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall BearShare:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\BearShare.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\BearShare.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\BSidle.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\db\connect.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\db\library.2.db
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\db\library.db
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\FreePeers.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\History.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\INSTALL.LOG
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\Installer\BSLITEINSTALL.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\Logs\hosts-state.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\Logs\memory.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\Logs\ordinal.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\Logs\streams.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\proinstall2.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\RunMSC.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\sounds\notify.wav
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\UNWISE.EXE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\Webstats.bat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\Webstats.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\Webstats.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\P7WAQW48\www.bearshare[1].xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_BearShare_BearShare_exe

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BearShare
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\bearshare.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.bearshare.com
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\BearShare
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Magnet\Handlers\Bearshare
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BearShare

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2562525383-63506605-1679759699-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\BearShare\BearShare.exe

A way to remove BearShare from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BearShare is a program offered by the software company Free Peers, Inc.. Some users want to erase this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK way to erase BearShare 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate BearShare or simply activate the Search field and type in "BearShare". If it is installed on your PC the BearShare application will be found very quickly. After you click BearShare in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding BearShare, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for BearShare:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.freepeers.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\PROGRA~1\BEARSH~1\UNWISE.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\BEARSH~1\INSTALL.LOG

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall BearShare.


8. After uninstalling BearShare, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of BearShare which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling BearShare with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall BearShare by Free Peers, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that BearShare by Free Peers, Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall BearShare supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.