StarCraft II

A guide to uninstall StarCraft II from your computer

StarCraft II is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Take a look here for more details on Blizzard Entertainment. Click on http://eu.blizzard.com/support/ to get more details about StarCraft II on Blizzard Entertainment's website. StarCraft II is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\StarCraft II directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. The full uninstall command line for StarCraft II is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\Uninstall.exe. SC2Switcher.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 1.35 MB (1414192 bytes) on disk.

StarCraft II installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 50.92 MB (53395091 bytes) on disk.

• StarCraft II Editor.exe (356.05 KB)
• StarCraft II Public Test.exe (2.05 MB)
• StarCraft II.exe (2.05 MB)
• BlizzardError.exe (319.12 KB)
• ErrorReporter.exe (480.00 KB)
• PrePopulateCache.exe (48.27 KB)
• SC2Editor.exe (24.78 MB)
• SC2Switcher.exe (1.35 MB)
• unins000.exe (1,021.47 KB)
• SC2.exe (18.52 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.0.5.25092 of StarCraft II. You can find here a few links to other StarCraft II versions:

• 2.0.6.25180
• 1.3.4.18701
• 1.0.1.16195
• 2.0.10.26585
• 1.3.6.19269
• 1.4.1.19776
• 1.1.2.16755
• 1.5.2.22875
• 1.1.3.16939
• 1.5.3.23260
• 2.0.9.26147
• 1.5.1.22763
• 1.3.2.18317
• 1.5.4.24540
• 1.0.0.16117
• Unknown
• 1.0.2.16223
• 2.0.11.26825
• 1.3.3.18574
• 1.5.0.22612
• 1.4.2.20141
• 1.0.0.15405
• 1.1.0.16561
• 2.0.8.25604
• 2.0.7.25293
• 1.4.0.19679
• 1.0.3.16291
• 1.2.2.17811
• 1.3.0.18092
• 1.4.3.21029
• 1.4.4.22418
• 2.0.4.24621
• 1.1.1.16605
• 1.2.0.17326
• 1.00.0000
• 2.0.4.24944
• 1.3.1.18221
• 1.3.5.19132

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II

The files below were left behind on your disk by StarCraft II when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\msvcr71.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\unicows.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\Uninstall.exe
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games\StarCraft II™.lnk

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II Retail
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StarCraft II

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StarCraft II\Comments
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StarCraft II\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StarCraft II\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StarCraft II\InstallLocation

A way to erase StarCraft II with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

StarCraft II is an application released by Blizzard Entertainment. Frequently, users choose to erase this program. This is troublesome because performing this by hand takes some experience regarding PCs. The best EASY manner to erase StarCraft II 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 on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate StarCraft II or simply click the Search feature and type in "StarCraft II". If it is installed on your PC the StarCraft II application will be found very quickly. When you click StarCraft II in the list of programs, some data about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about StarCraft II, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for StarCraft II:

• The publisher is: http://eu.blizzard.com/support/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\Uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove StarCraft II.


8. After removing StarCraft II, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of StarCraft II which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing StarCraft II with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove StarCraft II by Blizzard Entertainment from your PC, nor are we saying that StarCraft II by Blizzard Entertainment is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove StarCraft II in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.