PDFCreator

A way to uninstall PDFCreator from your system

This web page is about PDFCreator for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH. More information about Avanquest pdfforge GmbH can be seen here. Click on https://www.pdfforge.org to get more information about PDFCreator on Avanquest pdfforge GmbH's website. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files\PDFCreator folder (same installation drive as Windows). MsiExec.exe /X{122CEDF1-5697-4EC3-A796-9565E746A021} is the full command line if you want to uninstall PDFCreator. PDFCreator.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 77.71 KB (79576 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed beside PDFCreator. They take about 23.17 MB (24296216 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 (11.49 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.2.1 of PDFCreator. For other 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
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.0
• 5.1.0

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall PDFCreator.

Folders remaining:

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

Files remaining:

• 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

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

• 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\pdfforge\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1FDEC22179653CE47A6959567E640A12
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PDFCreator_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{122CEDF1-5697-4EC3-A796-9565E746A021}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\pdfforge\PDFCreator
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers\PDFCreator

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

• 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1FDEC22179653CE47A6959567E640A12\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Com Scripts\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Ghostscript\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\Languages\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{122CEDF1-5697-4EC3-A796-9565E746A021}\

A way to uninstall PDFCreator from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PDFCreator is an application offered by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH. Frequently, people try to erase this application. This is hard because removing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY practice 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate PDFCreator or simply click the Search feature and type in "PDFCreator". The PDFCreator program will be found automatically. After you click PDFCreator in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding PDFCreator, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on 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{122CEDF1-5697-4EC3-A796-9565E746A021}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall PDFCreator.


8. After removing PDFCreator, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start 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 removing PDFCreator with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove PDFCreator by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH from your PC, we are not saying that PDFCreator by Avanquest pdfforge GmbH is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove PDFCreator supposing 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' PCs.