Grand Theft Auto IV

A guide to uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV from your computer

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Grand Theft Auto IV for Windows. It is made by Rockstar Games. Take a look here for more information on Rockstar Games. Please open http://www.rockstargames.com/support if you want to read more on Grand Theft Auto IV on Rockstar Games's page. Usually the Grand Theft Auto IV program is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Grand Theft Auto IV folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for uninstalling Grand Theft Auto IV is C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\Launcher.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is titled LauncherPatcher.exe and its approximative size is 492.63 KB (504448 bytes).

The following executables are incorporated in Grand Theft Auto IV. They take 159.52 MB (167266790 bytes) on disk.

• Launcher.exe (29.98 MB)
• LauncherPatcher.exe (492.63 KB)
• RockstarService.exe (1.63 MB)
• RockstarSteamHelper.exe (1.06 MB)
• uninstall.exe (6.32 MB)
• Social-Club-Setup.exe (91.96 MB)
• vc_redist.x64.exe (14.38 MB)
• vc_redist.x86.exe (13.71 MB)

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The current page applies to Grand Theft Auto IV version 1.2.0.43 only. You can find below a few links to other Grand Theft Auto IV versions:

• Unknown
• 1.2.0.59
• 1.0
• 1.00.0000
• 1.2.0.32
• 1.0.4.0
• 1.00
• 1.0.7.0
• 1.2.0.31
• 1.0.0.7
• 1.2

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove Grand Theft Auto IV.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv

The files below are left behind on your disk by Grand Theft Auto IV's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\binkw32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\action_table.csv
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\action_table.xls
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\action_table_backup.csv
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\Ambient.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\animgrp.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\animviewer.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\animviewer_images.txt
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\ar_stats.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\carcols.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\cargrp.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\carmods.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\cdimages\carrec.img
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\cdimages\navgen_script.img
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\cdimages\script.img
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\cdimages\script_network.img
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\cj_gta.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\cj_images.txt
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\clothes.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\Controls\default0.cfg
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\Controls\default1.cfg
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\Controls\default2.cfg
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\credits.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\credits_360.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\Cop_nrm.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\Cop_WL1.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\Cop_WL2.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\Cop_WL3.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\Coward.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\Empty.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\GP_CR.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\GP_Hide.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\GP_NO.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\GP_PR.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\m_boss.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_Coward.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_CR_DE.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_CR_FI.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_CR_NO.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_Empty.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_Hide.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_NO_DE.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_NO_DF.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_NO_FI.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_NO_NO.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_PR_DE.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_PR_FI.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\M_PR_NO.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Combat\template.cmb
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Cop.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\Fireman.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\GangMbr.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\GP_JustFollow.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\GP_Norm.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\m_empty.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\m_norm.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\m_plyr.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\m_tough.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\m_weak.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\decision\R_Norm.ped
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\default.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\default.ide
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\effects\bloodFx.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\effects\entityFx.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\effects\explosionFx.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\effects\materialFx.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\effects\pedFx.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\effects\vehicleFx.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\effects\weaponFx.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\FemalePlayerSettings.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fonts.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fonts_j.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fonts_r.dat
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\ab_sap_pillar.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\ah_clammenu1.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\ah_clamsupport_a.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\ah_clamsupport_b.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\ah_sinchair.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\ah_sintable.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\amb_grocerybag.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\amb_paperbag06.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bank_mon_screen.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bens2_fragwall.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_air_lamp01.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_air_lamp02.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_air_landlites01.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_air_landlites03.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_air_stair01.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_air_stair02.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_air_tow01.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_air_tow02.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_barstool3.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_barstool4.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_barstool6.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_bbq_gas.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_beer_am.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_beer_logger.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_beerbattle.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_beerbison.tune
• C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data\fragments\bm_beerbottle02.tune

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Grand Theft Auto IV

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\GTAIV.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\GTAIV.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\Launcher.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\Launcher.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\LauncherPatcher.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\LauncherPatcher.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rockstar Service\ImagePath

A way to erase Grand Theft Auto IV from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Grand Theft Auto IV is an application offered by the software company Rockstar Games. Frequently, people decide to remove this program. This can be hard because deleting this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK solution to remove Grand Theft Auto IV is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Grand Theft Auto IV or simply click the Search field and type in "Grand Theft Auto IV". If it exists on your system the Grand Theft Auto IV program will be found automatically. After you click Grand Theft Auto IV in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Grand Theft Auto IV, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Grand Theft Auto IV:

• The publisher is: http://www.rockstargames.com/support
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\Launcher.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV.


8. After uninstalling Grand Theft Auto IV, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Grand Theft Auto IV which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Grand Theft Auto IV with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV by Rockstar Games from your computer, nor are we saying that Grand Theft Auto IV by Rockstar Games is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Grand Theft Auto IV 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' computers.