Half-Life 2

How to uninstall Half-Life 2 from your computer

Half-Life 2 is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Valve. More info about Valve can be read here. More info about the application Half-Life 2 can be seen at http://www.valvesoftware.com. Usually the Half-Life 2 application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2 directory, depending on the user's option during install. The complete uninstall command line for Half-Life 2 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe. height2normal.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 679.00 KB (695296 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in Half-Life 2. They occupy 19.53 MB (20483496 bytes) on disk.

• hl2.exe (120.41 KB)
• bspzip.exe (306.00 KB)
• captioncompiler.exe (186.50 KB)
• demoinfo.exe (100.00 KB)
• dmxconvert.exe (546.50 KB)
• dmxedit.exe (1.60 MB)
• elementviewer.exe (3.05 MB)
• glview.exe (200.00 KB)
• hammer.exe (153.50 KB)
• height2normal.exe (679.00 KB)
• height2ssbump.exe (690.00 KB)
• hlfaceposer.exe (1.59 MB)
• HLMV.EXE (452.00 KB)
• mksheet.exe (692.50 KB)
• motionmapper.exe (251.00 KB)
• normal2ssbump.exe (673.50 KB)
• pfm2tgas.exe (612.50 KB)
• qc_eyes.exe (2.78 MB)
• shadercompile.exe (93.50 KB)
• splitskybox.exe (143.00 KB)
• studiomdl.exe (1.72 MB)
• vbsp.exe (1.19 MB)
• vbspinfo.exe (296.50 KB)
• vpk.exe (629.50 KB)
• vrad.exe (94.00 KB)
• vtex.exe (83.00 KB)
• vtf2tga.exe (704.00 KB)
• vvis.exe (83.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2 of Half-Life 2. You can find below a few links to other Half-Life 2 versions:

• 1.0
• 1.0.3.0

Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry data will not be removed when you want to remove Half-Life 2 from your PC.

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Steam App 220

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to uninstall Half-Life 2 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Half-Life 2 is a program released by the software company Valve. Sometimes, people want to remove this program. Sometimes this can be difficult because deleting this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK action to remove Half-Life 2 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Half-Life 2 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Half-Life 2". The Half-Life 2 app will be found automatically. When you select Half-Life 2 in the list of applications, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Half-Life 2, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Half-Life 2:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.valvesoftware.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Half-Life 2.


8. After removing Half-Life 2, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Half-Life 2 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Half-Life 2 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Half-Life 2 by Valve from your PC, nor are we saying that Half-Life 2 by Valve is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Half-Life 2 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.