CA ARCserve Discovery Service

How to uninstall CA ARCserve Discovery Service from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to remove CA ARCserve Discovery Service for Windows. It was created for Windows by CA, Inc.. You can find out more on CA, Inc. or check for application updates here. Further information about CA ARCserve Discovery Service can be found at http://www.ca.com. Usually the CA ARCserve Discovery Service program is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\SharedComponents\ARCserve Backup\CADS folder, depending on the user's option during setup. CA ARCserve Discovery Service's primary file takes around 449.79 KB (460584 bytes) and is named casdscsvc.exe.

CA ARCserve Discovery Service installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 739.58 KB (757328 bytes) on disk.

• casdscsvc.exe (449.79 KB)
• dsconfig.exe (289.79 KB)

The current page applies to CA ARCserve Discovery Service version 16.5.7106 alone. Click on the links below for other CA ARCserve Discovery Service versions:

• 16.5.7222
• 15.0.6222
• 16.0.6732
• 16.0.6838
• 15.1.6300

If you are manually uninstalling CA ARCserve Discovery Service we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall CA ARCserve Discovery Service:

• C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\ARCserve Backup\CADS\Help\Discovery Configuration Help\how_does_discovery_service_work.htm
• C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\ARCserve Backup\CADS\Help\Discovery Configuration Help\idh_distribute_discovery_service_tables.htm
• C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\ARCserve Backup\CADS\Help\Discovery Configuration Help\idh_start_discovery_service.htm

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\77CDBAAC0539FC74DA1C86C2067FE0E2
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\77CDBAAC0539FC74DA1C86C2067FE0E2

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\77CDBAAC0539FC74DA1C86C2067FE0E2\ProductName

A way to remove CA ARCserve Discovery Service from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CA ARCserve Discovery Service is a program marketed by CA, Inc.. Frequently, computer users try to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this by hand takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY approach to remove CA ARCserve Discovery Service 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate CA ARCserve Discovery Service or simply click the Search field and type in "CA ARCserve Discovery Service". If it exists on your system the CA ARCserve Discovery Service application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select CA ARCserve Discovery Service in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about CA ARCserve Discovery Service, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove CA ARCserve Discovery Service.


8. After uninstalling CA ARCserve Discovery Service, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of CA ARCserve Discovery Service which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing CA ARCserve Discovery Service using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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 uninstall CA ARCserve Discovery Service by CA, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that CA ARCserve Discovery Service by CA, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall CA ARCserve Discovery Service in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.