Dell Touchpad

How to uninstall Dell Touchpad from your system

Dell Touchpad is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by ELAN Microelectronic Corp.. Further information on ELAN Microelectronic Corp. can be found here. You can see more info on Dell Touchpad at www.emc.com.tw. Dell Touchpad is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Elantech directory, depending on the user's choice. You can remove Dell Touchpad by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line %ProgramFiles%\Elantech\ETDUn_inst.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is named DellDevices.exe and it has a size of 4.83 MB (5060096 bytes).

Dell Touchpad is composed of the following executables which occupy 11.83 MB (12406112 bytes) on disk:

• CallMainCpl.exe (16.89 KB)
• DellDevices.exe (4.83 MB)
• ETDCtrl.exe (2.05 MB)
• ETDCtrlHelper.exe (1.53 MB)
• ETDGesture.exe (1.68 MB)
• ETDMag.exe (81.39 KB)
• ETDUn_inst.exe (1.65 MB)

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This page is about Dell Touchpad version 11.3.4.3 alone. Click on the links below for other Dell Touchpad versions:

• 11.3.16.1
• 11.3.13.2
• 11.3.17.3
• 15.3.3.6
• 11.3.15.4
• 11.3.7.2
• 11.3.8.2
• 11.3.2.5
• 11.3.11.2
• 11.3.9.6
• 11.3.1.4
• 15.3.0.14
• 10.3.0.49
• 11.3.10.2
• 11.3.3.5
• 11.3.5.4
• 15.3.2.14
• 10.3.2.2
• 15.3.1.1

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

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files\DellTPad

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\DellTPad\ApInst.dll
• C:\Program Files\DellTPad\ApMouCpl.dll
• C:\Program Files\DellTPad\ApMsgFwd.exe
• C:\Program Files\DellTPad\ApntEx.exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Elantech

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7F5B8FA4-BEEC-11cf-9BD7-B76592786C03}\DefaultIcon\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7F5B8FA4-BEEC-11cf-9BD7-B76592786C03}\InProcServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7F5B8FA4-BEEC-11cf-9BD7-B76592786C03}\Shell\Open\Command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D0B6E6C2-3485-42E8-A26E-3E3735B240B6}\InProcServer32\

A way to uninstall Dell Touchpad using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dell Touchpad is a program released by ELAN Microelectronic Corp.. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this application. This can be troublesome because deleting this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY manner to erase Dell Touchpad is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Dell Touchpad or simply click the Search field and type in "Dell Touchpad". If it exists on your system the Dell Touchpad application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Dell Touchpad in the list of programs, some data about the program is made available to you:

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

For instance you can see that for Dell Touchpad:

• The web site of the program is: www.emc.com.tw
• The uninstall string is: %ProgramFiles%\Elantech\ETDUn_inst.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Dell Touchpad.


8. After removing Dell Touchpad, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Dell Touchpad that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Dell Touchpad with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Dell Touchpad by ELAN Microelectronic Corp. from your PC, we are not saying that Dell Touchpad by ELAN Microelectronic Corp. is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Dell Touchpad supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.