Populous

A guide to uninstall Populous from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to remove Populous for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Electronic Arts. Additional info about Electronic Arts can be read here. Further information about Populous can be found at http://www.ea.com/. The application is frequently located in the C:\Origin Games\Populous folder (same installation drive as Windows). Populous's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\EAInstaller\Populous\Cleanup.exe. The program's main executable file is labeled Cleanup.exe and occupies 834.81 KB (854848 bytes).

Populous installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 834.81 KB (854848 bytes) on disk.

• Cleanup.exe (834.81 KB)

The current web page applies to Populous version 5.0.0.2 alone. You can find here a few links to other Populous versions:

• 1.0.0.0

Populous has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Populous from your computer:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\__Installer\Cleanup.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\__Installer\Cleanup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\__Installer\installerdata.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\__Installer\InstallLog.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\__Installer\Touchup.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\__Installer\Touchup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\game.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\game.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGAFONT.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGAICON.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGALAND0.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGALAND1.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGALAND2.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGALAND3.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGALOAD.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGALORD.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGAQAZ.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGASPR0.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\CGATITLE.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGAFONT.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGAICON.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGALAND0.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGALAND1.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGALAND2.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGALAND3.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGALOAD.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGALORD.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGAQAZ.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGASPR0.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\EGATITLE.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\KEYS.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\KEYS.DEF
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\LEVEL0.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\POP_ADL.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\POP_PC.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\POP_ROL.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\POP_TDY.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\POP_TUNE.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGAFONT.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGAICON.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGALAND0.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGALAND1.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGALAND2.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGALAND3.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGALORD.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGAQAZ.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\VGASPR0.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DATA\WORLD.DAT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\Activation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\Activation64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\ActivationUI.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\codecs\qcncodecs4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\codecs\qjpcodecs4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\codecs\qkrcodecs4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\codecs\qtwcodecs4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\imageformats\qgif4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\imageformats\qico4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\imageformats\qjpeg4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\msvcp100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\msvcr100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\phonon4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\QtCore4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\QtGui4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\QtNetwork4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\QtWebKit4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\QtXml4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\QtXmlPatterns4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Core\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Documentation\dosbox_AUTHORS.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Documentation\dosbox_COPYING.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Documentation\dosbox_INSTALL.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Documentation\dosbox_NEWS.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Documentation\dosbox_README.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\Documentation\dosbox_THANKS.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\dosbox.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\DOSBox.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\DOSBox.par
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\dosbox-0.73.tar.gz
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\SDL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\SDL_net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\stderr.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\stdout.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\zmbv\zmbv.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\DOSBox\zmbv\zmbv.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\POPULOUS.EXE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Game\TRANS.EXE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Game\Readme.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\GDFBinary_en_US.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Support\EA Help\Technical Support.en_US.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Support\eula\en_US_eula.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Populous\Support\mnfst.txt

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Electronic Arts\Populous (EA)
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Bullfrog Productions\Populous
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Electronic Arts\Populous (EA)
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{476CD9DE-C45F-4443-BFA7-E51C58B7E455}

How to remove Populous from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Populous is an application by the software company Electronic Arts. Frequently, people choose to uninstall this program. This can be difficult because doing this by hand requires some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall Populous 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Populous or simply activate the Search field and type in "Populous". If it exists on your system the Populous program will be found automatically. When you click Populous in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Populous, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Populous:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.ea.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\EAInstaller\Populous\Cleanup.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Populous.


8. After uninstalling Populous, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Populous that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Populous using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Populous by Electronic Arts from your computer, nor are we saying that Populous by Electronic Arts is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Populous in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.