Razer Cortex

How to uninstall Razer Cortex from your PC

Razer Cortex is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Razer Inc.. More information about Razer Inc. can be read here. Click on https://www.razer.com/cortex to get more data about Razer Cortex on Razer Inc.'s website. Usually the Razer Cortex application is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex directory, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall Razer Cortex by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\WINDOWS\Installer\Razer\Installer\App\RazerInstaller.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. RazerCortex.exe is the Razer Cortex's primary executable file and it occupies circa 531.49 KB (544248 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed alongside Razer Cortex. They take about 12.92 MB (13547320 bytes) on disk.

CortexLauncher.exe (430.12 KB)
CortexLauncherService.exe (574.91 KB)
createdump.exe (44.74 KB)
FPSRunner32.exe (295.95 KB)
MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe (1.54 MB)
Razer.MachineID.exe (566.77 KB)
RazerComponentsController.exe (438.22 KB)
RazerCortex.exe (531.49 KB)
RazerCortex.Shell.exe (771.60 KB)
RazerCortexBoostHelper.exe (434.22 KB)
unins000.exe (3.11 MB)
UninstallPowerPlans.exe (433.72 KB)
RazerCortex.CrashReporter.exe (454.33 KB)
RazerCortex.InstallBigData.exe (3.26 MB)
FPSRunner64.exe (162.33 KB)

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This info is about Razer Cortex version 10.12.6.0 alone. For more Razer Cortex versions please click below:

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Quite a few files, folders and registry data can not be removed when you are trying to remove Razer Cortex from your computer.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Razer Cortex:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Razer\Razer Cortex

The files below are left behind on your disk by Razer Cortex's application uninstaller when you removed it:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\AccountManagerClient.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\AccountManagerCommon.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\ActionServiceCommon.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\amd64\KernelTraceControl.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\amd64\msdia140.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\AppIcon.ico
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\appsettings.json
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\arm64\KernelTraceControl.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\arm64\msdia140.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\aspnetcorev2_inprocess.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\AWSSDK.Core.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\AWSSDK.Kinesis.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\Boost.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\boost.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\GameDesktopFilterList.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\PConfigList.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\PPConfigList.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\Process.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\ProcessBlackList.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\ProcessFilterList.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\ProcessWhiteList.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\Ram.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\Service.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\BoostSettings\ServiceWhiteList.txt
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\CChromaEditorLibrary.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\clretwrc.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\clrjit.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\concrt140.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\coreclr.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\CortexDeviceInfo.db
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\CortexLauncher.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\CortexLauncherService.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\createdump.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\d3dcompiler_43.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\d3dcsx_43.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\d3dx10_43.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\d3dx11_43.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\d3dx9_43.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\dbgshim.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\de\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\Defrag.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\Dia2Lib.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\e_sqlite3.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\EntityFramework.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\es\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\FastTreeNative.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\FileCleaner.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\FPSManager.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\FPSRunner32.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\fr\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.resources.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\GameManagerClient.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\GameScannerCommon.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\GameSettingPlugins\dota_2.2.5.0\FpsCalculator\MLModel\MLModel.zip
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\GameSettingPlugins\dota_2.2.5.0\FpsCalculator\Schemas\EnumGameSetting
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\GameSettingPlugins\dota_2.2.5.0\FpsCalculator\Schemas\EnumSetting
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\GameSettingPlugins\dota_2.2.5.0\FpsCalculator\Schemas\SettingDefinition.json

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppUserModelId\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}/Razer/Razer Cortex/RazerCortex.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Razer Cortex_is1

Additional values that are not cleaned:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\RazerCortex.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\RazerCortex.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Razer Cortex\RazerCortex.Shell.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CortexLauncherService\ImagePath

A way to erase Razer Cortex with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Razer Cortex is an application marketed by the software company Razer Inc.. Sometimes, people want to erase this program. This is hard because removing this manually requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY way to erase Razer Cortex 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools

4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Razer Cortex or simply activate the Search field and type in "Razer Cortex". If it is installed on your PC the Razer Cortex program will be found very quickly. When you select Razer Cortex in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Razer Cortex, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
Details regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Razer Cortex:

The web site of the application is: https://www.razer.com/cortex
The uninstall string is: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\Razer\Installer\App\RazerInstaller.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Razer Cortex.

8. After removing Razer Cortex, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Razer Cortex which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Razer Cortex using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Razer Cortex by Razer Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Razer Cortex by Razer Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Razer Cortex supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2024-03-13 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-03-13 03:34:20.963

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