Bonjour

A guide to uninstall Bonjour from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall Bonjour for Windows. It is made by Apple Inc.. Further information on Apple Inc. can be found here. You can see more info related to Bonjour at http://www.apple.com. Usually the Bonjour application is placed in the C:\Program Files\Bonjour folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Bonjour by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{C2E4B5BD-32DB-4817-A060-341AB17C3F90}. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. Bonjour's primary file takes about 341.28 KB (349472 bytes) and is called mDNSResponder.exe.

The executable files below are part of Bonjour. They occupy about 341.28 KB (349472 bytes) on disk.

• mDNSResponder.exe (341.28 KB)

This web page is about Bonjour version 2.0.5.0 only. Click on the links below for other Bonjour versions:

• 3.1.0.1
• 2.0.0.34
• 2.0.2.0
• 3.0.0.9
• 3.1
• 3.0.0.10
• 2.0.4.0
• 1.0.105
• 1.0.106
• 2.0.1.2
• 2.0.0.36
• 2.0.3.0
• 3.0.0.2
• 1.0.104

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

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Bonjour from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Bonjour

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\About Bonjour.lnk
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\da.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\de.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\en.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\en_GB.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\es.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\fi.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\fr.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\it.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\ja.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\ko.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\nb.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\nl.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\pl.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\pt.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\pt_PT.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\ru.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\sv.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\zh_CN.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\Bonjour.Resources\zh_TW.lproj\About Bonjour.rtf
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\dns_sd.jar
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mdnsNSP.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
• C:\Windows\Installer\{C2E4B5BD-32DB-4817-A060-341AB17C3F90}\Bonjour.ico

Frequently the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\Bonjour.DLL
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Bonjour.DNSSDEventManager
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Bonjour.DNSSDRecord
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Bonjour.DNSSDService
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Bonjour.TXTRecord
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Apple Inc.\Bonjour
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DB5B4E2CBD2371840A0643A11BC7F309
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C2E4B5BD-32DB-4817-A060-341AB17C3F90}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\eventlog\Application\Bonjour Service

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\DB5B4E2CBD2371840A0643A11BC7F309\Bonjour
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DB5B4E2CBD2371840A0643A11BC7F309\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Bonjour\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{C2E4B5BD-32DB-4817-A060-341AB17C3F90}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service\ImagePath

How to uninstall Bonjour from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Bonjour is an application marketed by Apple Inc.. Sometimes, users choose to erase it. This is easier said than done because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE solution to erase Bonjour 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 a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on 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 useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Bonjour or simply click the Search field and type in "Bonjour". If it exists on your system the Bonjour application will be found automatically. When you click Bonjour in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Bonjour, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Bonjour:

• The software company is: http://www.apple.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{C2E4B5BD-32DB-4817-A060-341AB17C3F90}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Bonjour.


8. After uninstalling Bonjour, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Bonjour which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Bonjour using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Bonjour by Apple Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that Bonjour by Apple Inc. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Bonjour in case 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' computers.