CareLink Uploader

A guide to uninstall CareLink Uploader from your computer

This web page is about CareLink Uploader for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Medtronic Diabetes. You can find out more on Medtronic Diabetes or check for application updates here. The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader directory. Keep in mind that this location can vary being determined by the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for CareLink Uploader is C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 752.56 KB (770624 bytes) on disk and is labeled WinCareLinkLauncher.exe.

The executables below are part of CareLink Uploader. They take an average of 34.43 MB (36106288 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (5.78 MB)
• vc_redist.exe (24.07 MB)
• WinCareLinkLauncher.exe (752.56 KB)
• devcon.exe (89.09 KB)
• CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe (1.00 MB)
• dp-chooser.exe (88.05 KB)
• dpinst-amd64.exe (1,022.52 KB)
• dpinst.exe (1.00 MB)
• java.exe (304.62 KB)
• javaw.exe (388.55 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.9.0 of CareLink Uploader. Click on the links below for other CareLink Uploader versions:

• 3.2.6
• 3.12.0
• 3.8.0
• 3.1.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.6.0
• 3.5.0
• 3.4.0
• 3.1.5
• 3.3.0
• 3.10.0
• 3.11.0
• 3.7.0

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If you are manually uninstalling CareLink Uploader we recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Medtronic\CareLink\Uploader

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\CareLinkUploader-install.txt
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\cleanup.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\install.bat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\install-win64.bat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\MedtronicDriversCert.cer
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\serial\ddmsDTWSerialPort.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\serial\ddmsDTWSerialPort-64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\uninstall.bat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\uninstall-win64.bat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\dpinst.xml
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\lfsvcp.cat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\lfsvcp.inf
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\silabser.cat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\silabser.inf
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\SLAB_License_Agreement_VCP_Windows.txt
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\x64\silabser.sys
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\CP210xVCP\x86\silabser.sys
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\amd64\ftbusui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\amd64\ftcserco.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\amd64\ftd2xx64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\amd64\ftdibus.sys
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\amd64\ftlang.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\amd64\ftser2k.sys
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\amd64\ftserui2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\dp-chooser.exe
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\dpinst.xml
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\dpinst-amd64.exe
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\ftdibus.cat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\ftdibus.inf
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\ftdiport.cat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\ftdiport.inf
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\i386\ftbusui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\i386\ftcserco.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\i386\ftd2xx.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\i386\ftdibus.sys
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\i386\ftlang.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\i386\ftser2k.sys
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\i386\ftserui2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\licence.txt
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\medt_ftdibus.cat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\Medt_ftdibus.inf
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\medt_ftdiport.cat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\FTDI-Driver\Medt_ftdiport.inf
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\accu-chek_guide.cat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\ACCU-CHEK_Guide.inf
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\amd64\libusb0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\amd64\libusbK.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\amd64\libusbK.sys
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\amd64\WdfCoInstaller01009.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\carelink_usb.cat
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\carelink_usb.inf
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\dpinst.exe
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\dpinst.xml
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\x86\libusb0_x86.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\x86\libusbK.sys
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\x86\libusbK_x86.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\x86\WdfCoInstaller01009.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\libusbK\x86\WdfCoInstaller01011.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\Drivers\usb\VerioVue\OXD_64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\hidapi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\instance.lok
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jnidispatch.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\ASSEMBLY_EXCEPTION
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\jre\bin\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Medtronic Diabetes\CareLink Uploader
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CareLink Uploader 3.9.0

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\WinCareLinkLauncher.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Medtronic\Carelink\Uploader\DSS\WinCareLinkLauncher.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to erase CareLink Uploader from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CareLink Uploader is a program marketed by Medtronic Diabetes. Frequently, people try to remove this application. This is hard because removing this manually takes some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE solution to remove CareLink Uploader 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate CareLink Uploader or simply click the Search feature and type in "CareLink Uploader". If it is installed on your PC the CareLink Uploader application will be found very quickly. After you select CareLink Uploader in the list , the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about CareLink Uploader, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall CareLink Uploader.


8. After uninstalling CareLink Uploader, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong CareLink Uploader that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling CareLink Uploader with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall CareLink Uploader by Medtronic Diabetes from your PC, nor are we saying that CareLink Uploader by Medtronic Diabetes is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall CareLink Uploader in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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.