PDFCreator

A guide to uninstall PDFCreator from your PC

PDFCreator is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery. More data about Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery can be read here. More data about the software PDFCreator can be found at http://www.sf.net/projects/pdfcreator. PDFCreator is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator folder, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. The complete uninstall command line for PDFCreator is C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe. The application's main executable file is titled PDFCreator.exe and it has a size of 2.95 MB (3096576 bytes).

The executables below are part of PDFCreator. They occupy about 6.83 MB (7164100 bytes) on disk.

• PDFCreator.exe (2.95 MB)
• pdfenc.exe (1.36 MB)
• PDFSpool.exe (408.00 KB)
• unins000.exe (705.82 KB)
• PDFCreator Browser Add On-14_0_170_setup.exe (869.37 KB)
• TransTool.exe (600.00 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.0.2 of PDFCreator. Click on the links below for other PDFCreator versions:

• 1.2.3
• 1.2.2
• 0.9.7
• 1.2.0
• 1.1.0
• 1.4.0
• 1.6.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.0.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.8.1
• 1.0.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.9.0
• 1.4.2
• 1.0.0.0
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.3
• 1.3.0
• 0.9.5
• 1.5.0
• 1.2.1
• Unknown
• 1.4.3
• 1.3.1
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.6
• 1.3.2
• 0.9.0

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PDFCreator has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\PDFCreator.exe.log

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PDFCreator.ShellContextMenu
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsPDFCreator
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsTools
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.clsUpdate
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PDFCreator.Shell2
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\PDFCreator

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:

• 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\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\PDFCreator-2_3_2-Setup.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\PDFCreator-2_3_2-Setup.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Music\LOGICIELS\PDFCreator-1_0_2_setup.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Music\LOGICIELS\PDFCreator-1_0_2_setup.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\G:\PDFCreator-1_2_1_setup.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to uninstall PDFCreator from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is an application marketed by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this program. This can be difficult because performing this manually takes some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE practice 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate PDFCreator or simply click the Search feature and type in "PDFCreator". The PDFCreator app will be found very quickly. After you click PDFCreator in the list of apps, the following information about the program is made available to you:

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

For example you can see that for PDFCreator:

• The publisher is: http://www.sf.net/projects/pdfcreator
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFCreator\unins000.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove PDFCreator.


8. After uninstalling PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start 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 removing PDFCreator with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove PDFCreator by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery from your PC, we are not saying that PDFCreator by Frank Heindörfer, Philip Chinery is not a good application. This page only 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.