PDFCreator

How to uninstall PDFCreator from your PC

This page is about PDFCreator for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH. More information on Avanquest pdfforge GmbH can be seen here. Click on https://www.pdfforge.org to get more details about PDFCreator on Avanquest pdfforge GmbH's website. PDFCreator is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. PDFCreator's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{505A4441-AF5C-4A87-BA05-E68CAD7FEA73}. PDFCreator's main file takes around 77.68 KB (79544 bytes) and is named PDFCreator.exe.

The executables below are part of PDFCreator. They occupy an average of 12.71 MB (13328048 bytes) on disk.

• ErrorReport.exe (87.68 KB)
• PDFCreator-cli.exe (61.68 KB)
• PDFCreator.exe (77.68 KB)
• PrinterHelper.exe (11.28 MB)
• RepairFolderPermissions.exe (36.79 KB)
• SetupHelper.exe (61.68 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (85.00 KB)
• PDFArchitectInstaller-6Cx6gDB7.exe (1.03 MB)

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The current page applies to PDFCreator version 5.3.3 only. You can find below info on other application versions of PDFCreator:

• 5.1.2
• 5.1.1
• 6.0.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.3.2
• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.3.0
• 5.1.0

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be uninstalled when you remove PDFCreator from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall PDFCreator:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\pdfforge\PDFCreator
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFCreator

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Banners.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\BouncyCastle.Crypto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\CliWrap.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm.sln
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\app.config
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm.csproj
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\FilesForTests\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\FilesForTests\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.cs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.Designer.cs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.resx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Program.cs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\Resources.Designer.cs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\Resources.resx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\Settings.Designer.cs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C#.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Properties\Settings.settings
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest.sln
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest.cpp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest.vcxproj
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\ReadMe.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\stdafx.cpp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\stdafx.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\C++\CppCOMTest\CppCOMTest\targetver.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\GetPrinterDevices.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\MergedFiles2Tif.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\MultipleFiles2Tif.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\TestPage2JPG.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\TestPage2PDF.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\TestPage2Tif.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\Basics\TestPageMergeTarget.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\ActionOrderManagment.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\AttachmentPage.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\AttachmentPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\BackgroundPage.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\BackgroundPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\ChangeOutputFormat.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\ConvertFileAsync.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\CoverPage.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\CoverPage.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\EmailClient.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\JpegSettings.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\MergeAllJobs.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\JS Scripts\How To\PdfSecuritySettings.js
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Python\JpegSettings.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Python\MergedMultipleFiles2Tif.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Python\TestPage2PDF.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm.sln
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\app.config
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm.vbproj
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.resx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\Form1.vb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Application.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Application.myapp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\AssemblyInfo.vb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Resources.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Resources.resx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Settings.Designer.vb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VB.Net\COM_TestForm\COM_TestForm\My Project\Settings.settings
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VBScript\JpegSettings.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VBScript\MergedMultipleFiles2Tif.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\VBScript\TestPage2PDF.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\Word - VBA\Testpage2PDF.docm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Common.Logging.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Common.Logging.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\CommonServiceLocator.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\CSScriptLibrary.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\CustomScriptAction.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Dapplo.Windows.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\DataStorage.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Dropbox.Api.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Dropbox.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\ErrorReport.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\FluentFTP.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\gsdll32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\gsdll32.lib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\gswin32c.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140chs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140cht.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140deu.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140enu.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140esn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140fra.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140ita.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140jpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140kor.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140rus.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfc140u.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfcm140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\mfcm140u.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\msvcp140_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\msvcp140_2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\vcamp140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\bin\vccorlib140.dll

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.JobQueue
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.PDFCreatorObj
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.Shell2
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1444A505C5FA78A4AB506EC8DAF7AE37
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{505A4441-AF5C-4A87-BA05-E68CAD7FEA73}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\pdfforge\PDFCreator

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1444A505C5FA78A4AB506EC8DAF7AE37\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{505A4441-AF5C-4A87-BA05-E68CAD7FEA73}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1626448026-3612999584-752922149-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\PDF Architect\PDFArchitectInstaller-h9Qfv78V.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1626448026-3612999584-752922149-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe

A way to erase PDFCreator from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is a program released by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH. Some people choose to erase it. This is difficult because doing this by hand requires some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK solution to erase PDFCreator 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate PDFCreator or simply click the Search feature and type in "PDFCreator". If it is installed on your PC the PDFCreator app will be found very quickly. After you click PDFCreator in the list of applications, some data about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about PDFCreator, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PDFCreator:

• The web site of the application is: https://www.pdfforge.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{505A4441-AF5C-4A87-BA05-E68CAD7FEA73}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove PDFCreator.


8. After removing PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong PDFCreator which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling PDFCreator using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall PDFCreator by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH from your computer, we are not saying that PDFCreator by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall PDFCreator supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.