HDCleaner

A way to uninstall HDCleaner from your PC

This web page is about HDCleaner for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Kurt Zimmermann. Further information on Kurt Zimmermann can be seen here. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files\HDCleaner folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove HDCleaner by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Uninstaller.exe /uninstall. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. HDCleaner.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 2.75 MB (2878568 bytes) on disk.

HDCleaner installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 3.57 MB (3744552 bytes) on disk.

• HDCleaner.exe (2.75 MB)
• HDCleanerHelper.exe (91.60 KB)
• RecoverFiles.exe (218.59 KB)
• Uninstaller.exe (535.50 KB)

The current page applies to HDCleaner version 2.000 only. You can find below info on other application versions of HDCleaner:

• 2.031
• 1.223
• 2.005
• 2.034
• 2.041
• 1.125
• 1.292
• 1.129
• 1.236
• 2.063
• 1.110
• 1.061
• 1.249
• 1.251
• 1.056
• 1.327
• 2.036
• 2.071
• 1.150
• 1.016
• 1.245
• 1.244
• 1.026
• 2.053
• 2.038
• 1.307
• 1.127
• 1.115
• 1.297
• 1.140
• 2.015
• 1.137
• 1.055
• 2.045
• 1.133
• 1.272
• 1.203
• 2.049
• 2.009
• 1.300
• 1.128
• 2.082
• 1
• 1.057
• 2.081
• 1.134
• 1.261
• 1.325
• 1.126
• 1.030
• 1.109
• 2.057
• 2.052
• 2.047
• 1.036
• 1.021
• 1.151
• 2.029
• 1.237
• 2.033
• 2.051
• 1.304
• 2.013
• 1.011
• 2.080
• 2.012
• 1.010
• 1.254
• 2.030
• 1.041
• 2.077
• 1.202
• 1.289
• 1.107
• 2.050
• 1.122
• 2.016
• 1.050
• 1.301
• 1.312
• 1.250
• 1.234
• 1.287
• 1.106
• 1.232
• 1.032
• 1.274
• 1.101
• 1.054
• 1.309
• 2.037
• 1.275
• 1.211
• 2.078
• 1.326
• 2.027
• 1.225
• 1.155
• 1.276
• 1.330

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A considerable amount of files, folders and registry data can be left behind when you want to remove HDCleaner from your computer.

Folders left behind when you uninstall HDCleaner:

• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HDCleaner

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\AppHelper.dll
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\HDCleaner.exe
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\HDCleanerContextMenu.dll
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\HDCleanerHelper.exe
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\info_de.txt
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\info_en.txt
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Languages.dll
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\NVMEDataHelper.dll
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\RecoverFiles.exe
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\inifile.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\DashBoardBrowserCleaner.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\dashboardbrowsercleanerlogfile.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\DashBoardPluginCleaner.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\dashboardplugincleanerlogfile.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\DashBoardRegCleaner.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\dashboardregcleanerlogfile.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\DashBoardSystemCleaner.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\dashboardsystemcleanerlogfile.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\regcleanerlogfile.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Stats\TotalRegCleanerFile.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Undo\15.07.2021_13.44.28.644\15.07.2021_13.45.56.079.reg
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Undo\15.07.2021_13.44.28.644\UNDO.INI
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Undo\15.07.2021_14.31.15.556\15.07.2021_14.34.01.197.reg
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Undo\15.07.2021_14.31.15.556\15.07.2021_14.35.47.556.reg
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Undo\15.07.2021_14.31.15.556\UNDO.INI
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Settings\Updates\hdcleanerversion.ini
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\Uninstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\version.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_HDCleaner_HDCleaner_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HDCleaner\HDCleaner.lnk

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\HDCleaner
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HDCleaner
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\HDCleaner
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HDCleaner

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\HDCleaner.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\HDCleaner\HDCleaner.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to uninstall HDCleaner from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HDCleaner is an application offered by the software company Kurt Zimmermann. Sometimes, users choose to uninstall it. This is efortful because performing this by hand takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK way to uninstall HDCleaner 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate HDCleaner or simply activate the Search feature and type in "HDCleaner". The HDCleaner program will be found very quickly. When you click HDCleaner in the list , some information regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding HDCleaner, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall HDCleaner.


8. After removing HDCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong HDCleaner which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling HDCleaner with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove HDCleaner by Kurt Zimmermann from your PC, we are not saying that HDCleaner by Kurt Zimmermann is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove HDCleaner supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.