Dell SupportAssist

A way to uninstall Dell SupportAssist from your PC

Dell SupportAssist is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Dell. Further information on Dell can be seen here. Click on http://www.dell.com/ to get more info about Dell SupportAssist on Dell's website. Dell SupportAssist is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Alienware\SupportAssist folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. C:\Program Files\Alienware\SupportAssist\uninstaller.exe /arp is the full command line if you want to uninstall Dell SupportAssist. Dell SupportAssist's main file takes around 452.96 KB (463832 bytes) and its name is pcdlauncher.exe.

The executable files below are installed alongside Dell SupportAssist. They take about 12.93 MB (13554376 bytes) on disk.

• applauncher.exe (23.38 KB)
• EnableToolbarW32.exe (21.88 KB)
• FilterDriverFix.exe (21.38 KB)
• hybridGPUSwitch.exe (138.88 KB)
• imstrayicon.exe (417.96 KB)
• koala.exe (421.88 KB)
• LogGrabber.exe (1.96 MB)
• netshprop.exe (414.38 KB)
• obistutil.exe (50.38 KB)
• pcd.exe (645.96 KB)
• pcdlauncher.exe (452.96 KB)
• pcdrbci.exe (212.46 KB)
• pcdrcui.exe (1.35 MB)
• PcdrEngine.exe (24.88 KB)
• pcdsecondarysplash.exe (539.96 KB)
• ProcessReLauncher.exe (16.38 KB)
• resourceUtil.exe (44.38 KB)
• schdTasks.exe (29.46 KB)
• sessionchecker.exe (425.46 KB)
• shortcutinstaller.exe (416.88 KB)
• uaclauncher.exe (1.08 MB)
• uninstaller.exe (2.82 MB)
• wifiradio.exe (23.38 KB)
• pcdrollbackhealer.exe (741.96 KB)
• appupdater.exe (770.96 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.0.6875.402 of Dell SupportAssist. You can find below info on other application versions of Dell SupportAssist:

• 1.2.0.255
• 1.0.6584.52
• 2.0.6875.356
• 1.6.0.107
• 2.0.6875.668
• 2.1.0.72590
• 1.0.1.44
• 1.2.6745.47
• 1.0.0.1048
• 1.3.6817.107
• 2.2.0.89772
• 1.2
• 1.1.6664.93
• 1.7.0.57
• 1.0.6584.81
• 1.3.6817.133
• 1.5.0.182
• 1.3.0.148
• 1.3.6855.212
• 2.0.1.55945
• 1.1.6664.10
• 1.1.0.2197
• 1.3.6855.61
• 1.2.6793.01
• 2.0.6875.189
• 1.3.6855.72

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If planning to uninstall Dell SupportAssist you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A4DD23C912335DB4DB114C1BE8ECA67E
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B704A1BA294E1AD40B429F66601D0B7B
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PC-Doctor for Windows

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A4DD23C912335DB4DB114C1BE8ECA67E\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B704A1BA294E1AD40B429F66601D0B7B\ProductName

A way to uninstall Dell SupportAssist from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dell SupportAssist is a program released by the software company Dell. Sometimes, computer users want to remove this program. This is efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY procedure to remove Dell SupportAssist is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your system.

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• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install 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 tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Dell SupportAssist or simply click the Search field and type in "Dell SupportAssist". The Dell SupportAssist application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Dell SupportAssist in the list of applications, some information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Dell SupportAssist, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Dell SupportAssist:

• The software company is: http://www.dell.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Alienware\SupportAssist\uninstaller.exe /arp

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Dell SupportAssist.


8. After uninstalling Dell SupportAssist, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Dell SupportAssist which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Dell SupportAssist using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Dell SupportAssist by Dell from your computer, we are not saying that Dell SupportAssist by Dell is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Dell SupportAssist supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.