Gears of War

A guide to uninstall Gears of War from your computer

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Gears of War for Windows. It was created for Windows by Microsoft Game Studios. More data about Microsoft Game Studios can be read here. Detailed information about Gears of War can be found at http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/GearsofWarforWindows.aspx. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Gears of War folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Gears of War is C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{1170D24F-42B7-40CF-AA1B-6395CE562354}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x040a. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. Gears of War's main file takes around 26.87 MB (28179536 bytes) and is named WarGame-G4WLive.A465.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in Gears of War. They occupy 123.16 MB (129140736 bytes) on disk.

• Startup.A465.exe (1.91 MB)
• WarGame-G4WLive.A465.exe (26.87 MB)
• 7-9_vista_driver-only.exe (35.24 MB)
• 7-9_xp_driver-only.exe (28.93 MB)
• amdcpusetup.exe (2.83 MB)
• Startup.exe (508.00 KB)
• WarGame-G4WLive.exe (26.87 MB)

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The current page applies to Gears of War version 1.00.0000 only. You can find below info on other application versions of Gears of War:

• 1.01
• 1.2

Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you remove Gears of War.

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Gears of War

A way to remove Gears of War from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Gears of War is a program marketed by the software company Microsoft Game Studios. Frequently, people want to erase it. This can be hard because doing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK way to erase Gears of War 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Gears of War or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Gears of War". If it is installed on your PC the Gears of War program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Gears of War in the list , the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Gears of War, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Gears of War:

• The publisher is: http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/GearsofWarforWindows.aspx
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{1170D24F-42B7-40CF-AA1B-6395CE562354}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x040a

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Gears of War.


8. After removing Gears of War, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Gears of War which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Gears of War with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Gears of War by Microsoft Game Studios from your PC, nor are we saying that Gears of War by Microsoft Game Studios is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Gears of War in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.