HC Spot

How to uninstall HC Spot from your system

This page is about HC Spot for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Ates Software. More info about Ates Software can be seen here. You can see more info on HC Spot at http://www.hcspot.com/features.php. HC Spot is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\HCSpot directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. HC Spot's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\HCSpot\uninstall.exe -u. hspot.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 11.66 MB (12228968 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of HC Spot. They take about 42.59 MB (44661912 bytes) on disk.

• hspot.exe (11.66 MB)
• uninstall.exe (30.83 MB)
• DriverSigning.exe (84.50 KB)
• winpkcfg.exe (17.45 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 2.1.13 of HC Spot. You can find below info on other versions of HC Spot:

• 2.1.12

HC Spot has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\HCSpot

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\bin\drivers\WinVista\x64\hcafed.sys
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\bin\drivers\WinVista\x64\hcafed_lwf.inf
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\bin\drivers\WinVista\x64\hcafed64.cat
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\bin\drivers\WinXP\x64\hcafed.inf
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\bin\drivers\WinXP\x64\hcafed.sys
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\bin\drivers\WinXP\x64\hcafed_m.inf
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\bin\DriverSigning.exe
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\bin\winpkcfg.exe
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\hspot.exe
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\ndisapi64.dll
• C:\Program Files\HCSpot\rdrapi64.dll

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AtesSoft\HC Spot
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HC Spot

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\HCSpot\hspot.exe

A way to delete HC Spot from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HC Spot is an application offered by the software company Ates Software. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to uninstall HC Spot 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW 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 number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate HC Spot or simply click the Search feature and type in "HC Spot". If it exists on your system the HC Spot app will be found very quickly. When you click HC Spot in the list of apps, the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about HC Spot, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for HC Spot:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.hcspot.com/features.php
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\HCSpot\uninstall.exe -u

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall HC Spot.


8. After uninstalling HC Spot, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong HC Spot that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing HC Spot with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove HC Spot by Ates Software from your PC, we are not saying that HC Spot by Ates Software is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove HC Spot in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.