Dell Foundation Services

A guide to uninstall Dell Foundation Services from your PC

Dell Foundation Services is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It is made by Dell Inc.. Additional info about Dell Inc. can be seen here. Click on http://www.Dell.com to get more info about Dell Foundation Services on Dell Inc.'s website. Dell Foundation Services is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Foundation Services folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. The full uninstall command line for Dell Foundation Services is MsiExec.exe /X{8C483C4D-F346-4469-8221-90F2FB9FC9B1}. The program's main executable file occupies 48.84 KB (50016 bytes) on disk and is titled DCF.Agent.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with Dell Foundation Services. They take about 48.84 KB (50016 bytes) on disk.

• DCF.Agent.exe (48.84 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 2.0.38.0 of Dell Foundation Services. Click on the links below for other Dell Foundation Services versions:

• 3.1.3100.0
• 2.2.65.0
• 2.3.3800.0
• 1.1.333.0
• 1.0.262.0
• 3.0.700.0
• 3.3.7200.0
• 3.0.1000.0
• 2.0.42.1
• 3.0.900.0
• 3.1.1900.0
• 3.1.3300.0
• 2.1.125.0

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When planning to uninstall Dell Foundation Services you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Dell Foundation Services:

• C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Foundation Services

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Foundation Services\DCF.Agent.exe
• C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Foundation Services\DCF.Branding.dll
• C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Foundation Services\DCF.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Foundation Services\DCF.Interfaces.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files|Dell|Dell Foundation Services|DFSSvc.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Dell\Dell Foundation Services
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{8C483C4D-F346-4469-8221-90F2FB9FC9B1}

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Foundation Services\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{8C483C4D-F346-4469-8221-90F2FB9FC9B1}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\059568895A2069C5C8DA752D21AB0E81\D4C384C8643F96442812092FBFF99C1B
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\2200517E9E02453641FD54B9C1E3AD35\D4C384C8643F96442812092FBFF99C1B

How to delete Dell Foundation Services using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dell Foundation Services is an application marketed by Dell Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to erase this application. Sometimes this is hard because deleting this manually takes some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY action to erase Dell Foundation Services 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Dell Foundation Services or simply click the Search feature and type in "Dell Foundation Services". If it exists on your system the Dell Foundation Services program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Dell Foundation Services in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Dell Foundation Services, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Dell Foundation Services:

• The publisher is: http://www.Dell.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{8C483C4D-F346-4469-8221-90F2FB9FC9B1}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Dell Foundation Services.


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

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Dell Foundation Services by Dell Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Dell Foundation Services by Dell Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Dell Foundation Services supposing 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.