VAIO Care

How to uninstall VAIO Care from your system

This page is about VAIO Care for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Sony Corporation. Take a look here where you can read more on Sony Corporation. More details about VAIO Care can be seen at http://esupport.sony.com. Usually the VAIO Care application is installed in the C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care directory, depending on the user's option during install. VAIO Care's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{36C5BBF0-E5BF-4DE1-B684-7E90B0C93FB5}\setup.exe. VAIOCare.exe is the VAIO Care's primary executable file and it takes around 1.16 MB (1213296 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of VAIO Care. They occupy an average of 5.13 MB (5383728 bytes) on disk.

collsvc.exe (163.50 KB)
listener.exe (76.00 KB)
oscdimg.exe (128.89 KB)
VAIOCare.exe (1.16 MB)
VAIOCareLauncher.exe (14.36 KB)
VAIOCareService.exe (32.86 KB)
VaioCareUpdate.exe (96.86 KB)
VCsystray.exe (560.36 KB)
rdboot32.exe (39.50 KB)
rdboot64.exe (46.50 KB)
RunAuslogics.exe (32.36 KB)
keyboard.exe (32.00 KB)
KeyboardChecker.exe (15.50 KB)
MouseChecker.exe (10.00 KB)
StxCon.exe (2.76 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.0.3.11130 of VAIO Care. For more VAIO Care versions please click below:

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you remove VAIO Care.

Folders that were left behind:

C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\collsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Applications\WinDiag.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\diag.enc
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\keyboard.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\KeyboardChecker.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\mainUI.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\mainUI.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\mainUI.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\mainUI.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\nbkeyca1.cfg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\nbkeyla1.cfg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\nbkeypt1.cfg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\nbkeyus1.cfg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\Result.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\Result.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\Result.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\KeyboardDiag\Result.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\diag.enc
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\mainUI.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\mainUI.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\mainUI.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\mainUI.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\MouseChecker.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\Result.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\Result.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\Result.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\MouseDiag\Result.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Input\WinDiag.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Network\WinDiag.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\diag.enc
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\lowerfilters.reg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\mainUI.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\mainUI.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\mainUI.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\mainUI.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\Result.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\Result.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\Result.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalMissingDiag\Result.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\diag.enc
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\mainUI.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\mainUI.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\mainUI.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\mainUI.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\Result.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\Result.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\Result.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalPlaybackDiag\Result.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\diag.enc
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\lowerfilters.reg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\mainUI.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\mainUI.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\mainUI.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\mainUI.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\Result.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\Result.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\Result.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\Storage\OpticalRecordDiag\Result.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\diag.enc
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\mainUI.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\mainUI.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\mainUI.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\mainUI.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\Result.en-US.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\Result.es-MX.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\Result.fr-CA.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\SlowPerfDiag\Result.pt-BR.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\dtd\System\WinDiag.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\etfsboot.com
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\html\images\seagateBottom.en-CA.jpg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\html\images\seagateBottom.en-US.jpg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\html\images\seagateBottom.es-MX.jpg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\html\images\seagateBottom.fr-CA.jpg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\html\images\seagateBottom.pt-BR.jpg
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\html\index.html
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\IBackupStatus.dll
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\ignoreList.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\InstallationTools.dll
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\InstallDB.dll
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\inteldata\default
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\inteldata\PeerReports\PR20090602.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\inteldata\s000000.dat
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\Interop.HelpPane.dll
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\Interop.WUApiLib.dll
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\KeyUtilities.dll
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\AP\en-US\helptopics.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\AP\en-US\picVC.png
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\AP\ko-KR\helptopics.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\AP\ko-KR\picVC.png
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\AP\zh-TW\helptopics.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\AP\zh-TW\picVC.png
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\CN\zh-CN\helptopics.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\CN\zh-CN\picVC.png
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\EU\de-DE\helptopics.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\EU\de-DE\picVC.png
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\EU\en-GB\helptopics.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\EU\en-GB\picVC.png
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\EU\es-ES\helptopics.xml
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\EU\es-ES\picVC.png
C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\EU\fr-FR\helptopics.xml

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

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sony Corporation\VAIO Care
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sony\VAIO Care
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Sony Corporation\VAIO Care

Additional registry values that you should clean:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care Recovery\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\Assets\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\html\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\langregion\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\Plugins\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SampleCollector\ImagePath

A way to uninstall VAIO Care with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VAIO Care is an application by the software company Sony Corporation. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is easier said than done because doing this manually requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK manner to uninstall VAIO Care 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

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

4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. All the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VAIO Care or simply activate the Search field and type in "VAIO Care". The VAIO Care app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VAIO Care in the list of programs, the following data about the program is shown to you:

Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about VAIO Care, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VAIO Care:

The publisher is: http://esupport.sony.com
The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{36C5BBF0-E5BF-4DE1-B684-7E90B0C93FB5}\setup.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VAIO Care.
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8. After removing VAIO Care, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VAIO Care which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VAIO Care with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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The text above is not a recommendation to remove VAIO Care by Sony Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that VAIO Care by Sony Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove VAIO Care supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-20 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-20 20:48:25.407

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