PDFCreator

A way to uninstall PDFCreator from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall PDFCreator for Windows. It is developed by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH. Check out here for more details on Avanquest pdfforge GmbH. You can see more info on PDFCreator at https://www.pdfforge.org. Usually the PDFCreator application is placed in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling PDFCreator is MsiExec.exe /X{690B9403-FD47-43E6-BA85-8C7BDECEE5D5}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 77.71 KB (79576 bytes) on disk and is named PDFCreator.exe.

PDFCreator installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 23.20 MB (24331544 bytes) on disk.

• ErrorReport.exe (87.71 KB)
• PDFCreator-cli.exe (61.71 KB)
• PDFCreator.exe (77.71 KB)
• PrinterHelper.exe (11.28 MB)
• RepairFolderPermissions.exe (36.79 KB)
• SetupHelper.exe (61.71 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (85.00 KB)
• architect-setup.exe (11.53 MB)

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The current page applies to PDFCreator version 5.3.0 alone. For more PDFCreator versions please click below:

• 5.1.2
• 5.1.1
• 6.0.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.3.2
• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.3.3
• 5.1.0

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Directories that were left behind:

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

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove PDFCreator:

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

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.JobQueue
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.PDFCreatorObj
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.Shell2
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script\Settings\Telemetry\pdfcreator.exe
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3049B09674DF6E34AB58C8B7EDEC5E5D
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\PrinterMigrationEx\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers\PDFCreator

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\UserName\Downloads\PDFCreator-5_2_2-Setup(1).exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\UserName\Downloads\PDFCreator-5_2_2-Setup(1).exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3049B09674DF6E34AB58C8B7EDEC5E5D\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-558571638-953282619-4290565328-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe

How to delete PDFCreator from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is a program offered by the software company Avanquest pdfforge GmbH. Some people decide to uninstall this application. This can be difficult because removing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY manner to uninstall PDFCreator is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate PDFCreator or simply activate the Search field and type in "PDFCreator". If it exists on your system the PDFCreator program will be found very quickly. After you click PDFCreator in the list , some information regarding the application is made available to you:

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

For example you can see that for PDFCreator:

• The publisher is: https://www.pdfforge.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{690B9403-FD47-43E6-BA85-8C7BDECEE5D5}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove PDFCreator.


8. After uninstalling PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of PDFCreator which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling PDFCreator with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove PDFCreator by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH from your PC, we are not saying that PDFCreator by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove PDFCreator in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.