FortiClient

A guide to uninstall FortiClient from your PC

You can find below details on how to uninstall FortiClient for Windows. It is written by Fortinet Technologies Inc. Open here where you can find out more on Fortinet Technologies Inc. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient directory (same installation drive as Windows). MsiExec.exe /X{FDC50EB2-30B3-43C7-984A-B631FED09570} is the full command line if you want to uninstall FortiClient. FortiClient.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 64.38 MB (67512184 bytes) on disk.

FortiClient contains of the executables below. They occupy 82.66 MB (86680136 bytes) on disk.

• certutil.exe (118.87 KB)
• EPCUserAvatar.exe (18.37 KB)
• FCAuth.exe (62.89 KB)
• FCCOMInt.exe (128.89 KB)
• FCConfig.exe (204.39 KB)
• FCDBLog.exe (491.39 KB)
• FCVbltScan.exe (246.89 KB)
• FCWsc.exe (65.39 KB)
• FCWscD7.exe (222.82 KB)
• FortiAvatar.exe (56.87 KB)
• FortiClient.exe (64.38 MB)
• FortiClientConsole.exe (69.87 KB)
• FortiClientSecurity.exe (77.37 KB)
• FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe (963.39 KB)
• FortiElevate.exe (39.37 KB)
• FortiESNAC.exe (8.73 MB)
• fortifws.exe (310.39 KB)
• FortiScand.exe (423.89 KB)
• FortiSettings.exe (227.89 KB)
• FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe (281.39 KB)
• FortiSSLVPNsys.exe (73.89 KB)
• FortiTray.exe (1.93 MB)
• FortiVPNSt.exe (388.39 KB)
• ipsec.exe (702.39 KB)
• scheduler.exe (141.89 KB)
• submitv.exe (437.89 KB)
• update_task.exe (396.39 KB)
• vcm2.exe (1.56 MB)
• vpcd.exe (51.39 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 6.0.5.0209 of FortiClient. Click on the links below for other FortiClient versions:

• 6.4.2.1580
• 6.0.6.0242
• 7.2.0.0690
• 7.0.1.0083
• 6.4.7.3097
• 6.0.1.0099
• 6.0.0.0067
• 6.0.2.0128
• 7.0.8.0427
• 6.2.2.0877
• 6.2.7.9032
• 7.2.3.6427
• 7.0.11.0569
• 6.2.8.1012
• 7.2.5.1053
• 6.4.1.1519
• 7.2.4.0972
• 6.0.7.0243
• 6.4.6.1658
• 7.0.13.0577
• 6.4.5.1657
• 6.4.6.9958
• 6.2.5.0933
• 6.0.10.0297
• 6.4.3.1608
• 7.0.10.0538
• 6.0.4.0182
• 6.2.7.0984
• 7.0.5.0238
• 6.4.4.1655
• 7.2.3.0929
• 6.4.0.1464
• 6.0.3.0155
• 6.4.10.1821
• 6.0.10.8707
• 7.0.12.0572
• 6.2.9.1032
• 7.0.9.0493
• 7.0.0.0029
• 7.0.6.0290
• 7.2.1.0779
• 6.2.1.0831
• 7.0.2.0090
• 7.0.3.0193
• 6.2.0.0780
• 6.2.4.0931
• 6.2.6.0951
• 6.4.8.1755
• 6.4.9.1797
• 7.0.10.7776
• 6.4.7.1713
• 7.0.3.5164
• 6.2.3.0912
• 7.0.3.0190
• 6.0.9.0277
• 7.4.0.1658
• 7.0.7.0345
• 6.0.8.0261
• 7.2.2.0864

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall FortiClient:

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\FortiClient

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiFilter\fortifilter.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiFilter\FortiFilter.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiFilter\FortiFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftsvnic\ftsvnic.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftsvnic\ftsvnic.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftsvnic\ftsvnic.sys
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftvnic\ft_vnic.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftvnic\ftvnic.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftvnic\ftvnic.sys
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\pppop\pppop.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\pppop\pppop64.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\pppop\pppop64.sys
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\atl110.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\cacert.pem
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\certutil.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\CommandLine.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\content_shell.pak
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\EPCUserAvatar.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCAuth.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCCOMInt.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCCOMIntDLL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCConfig.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCDBLog.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fcp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCWsc.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCWscD7.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiAvatar.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClientConsole.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClientSecurity.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiCliSh.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiCredentialProvider2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiElevate.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiESNAC.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortifws.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiScand.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSettings.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslcacert.pem
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslclient.crt
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslclient.key
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSSLVPNsys.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTray.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTrayResc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiVPNSt.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\freebl3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ipsec.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libcfg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libgmp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libips.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FortiClient
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FortiClient
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\forticlient
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2BE05CDF3B037C3489A46B13EF0D5907
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FDC50EB2-30B3-43C7-984A-B631FED09570}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2BE05CDF3B037C3489A46B13EF0D5907\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\windows\Installer\{FDC50EB2-30B3-43C7-984A-B631FED09570}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-602162358-1801674531-839522115-29897\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-602162358-1801674531-839522115-29897\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTray.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FA_Scheduler\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FA_Scheduler\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FA_Scheduler\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\fortiapd\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiFilter\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiFilter\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiFW\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Fortips\Description

How to delete FortiClient from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

FortiClient is a program marketed by the software company Fortinet Technologies Inc. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall FortiClient 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find FortiClient or simply activate the Search field and type in "FortiClient". The FortiClient program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click FortiClient in the list of apps, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about FortiClient, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove FortiClient.


8. After uninstalling FortiClient, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of FortiClient which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing FortiClient with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall FortiClient by Fortinet Technologies Inc from your PC, nor are we saying that FortiClient by Fortinet Technologies Inc is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall FortiClient supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.