VAIO Care

A guide to uninstall VAIO Care from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall VAIO Care for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Sony Corporation. Go over here where you can get more info on Sony Corporation. You can read more about related to VAIO Care at http://esupport.sony.com. Usually the VAIO Care application is installed in the C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for removing VAIO Care is MsiExec.exe /X{FDCC09EA-A33E-4639-B1CD-FC1702815FA7}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called VAIOCare.exe and its approximative size is 875.09 KB (896088 bytes).

VAIO Care contains of the executables below. They occupy 17.48 MB (18332888 bytes) on disk.

• BatteryModule.exe (370.09 KB)
• ChangeConfigSetting.exe (21.59 KB)
• ConnectionPro.exe (12.59 KB)
• DeployCRMflag.exe (19.09 KB)
• FDR.exe (25.59 KB)
• InstallCertFile.exe (13.59 KB)
• listener.exe (61.00 KB)
• SelfHealUpdate.exe (1.40 MB)
• Solution.Updater.exe (36.30 KB)
• UpdateTrayIcon.exe (9.50 KB)
• VAIOCare.exe (875.09 KB)
• VaioCareUpdate.exe (723.09 KB)
• VAIOShell.exe (3.25 MB)
• VCAdmin.exe (26.09 KB)
• VCAgent.exe (23.59 KB)
• VCDLauncherProxy.exe (16.09 KB)
• VCPerfService.exe (259.93 KB)
• VCService.exe (59.09 KB)
• VCSystemTray.exe (754.09 KB)
• ZipHelper.exe (13.19 KB)
• esrv.exe (411.41 KB)
• esrv_svc.exe (368.91 KB)
• iolorgdf32.exe (17.68 KB)
• iolorgdf64.exe (14.00 KB)
• ioloTools.exe (5.28 MB)
• iolorgdf64.exe (20.68 KB)
• StxCon.exe (3.50 MB)

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This info is about VAIO Care version 8.4.0.14281 only. You can find below info on other versions of VAIO Care:

• 8.4.1.07021
• 8.4.4.09180
• 8.4.7.12061
• 7.3.0.14020
• 6.4.1.05290
• 5.0.3.11130
• 8.4.3.07166
• 6.1.0.05130
• 8.4.3.07161
• 8.4.7.12066
• 8.4.5.06026
• 5.1.0.13200
• 8.4.3.07160
• 6.4.0.15030
• 6.3.1.10140
• 8.4.7.12065
• 8.4.6.05115
• 8.4.6.05116
• 8.4.5.06020
• 8.4.8.06246
• 8.4.6.05110
• 7.1.0.09060
• 8.4.5.06025
• 8.4.8.06245
• 8.4.2.12046
• 6.1.2.07220
• 8.4.2.12040
• 5.1.0.12110
• 6.3.2.10200
• 8.0.0.08150
• 5.0.4.11200
• 6.0.0.15080
• 7.0.2.08120
• 8.4.4.09181
• 8.4.0.14280
• 8.1.0.10120
• 7.3.1.05290
• 6.3.0.09020
• 8.4.1.07026
• 8.4.4.09186
• 8.4.6.05111
• 7.3.0.14170
• 8.4.5.06021
• 8.4.2.12041
• 6.2.2.07150
• 7.0.1.08040
• 8.4.1.07020
• 7.2.0.10310
• 8.2.0.15030
• 8.4.0.14286
• 6.4.2.11150
• 6.3.3.02100
• 8.4.7.12060
• 8.3.0.08220

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall VAIO Care from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Sony Corporation\VAIO Care

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\256.ico
• C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\analyzer.dll
• C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\app.config
• C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\Assets\256.ico

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\AE90CCDFE33A93641BDCCF712018F57A
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sony Corporation\VAIO Care

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{1BE26DDD-B9B9-464D-9EDA-7415E53F2B58}\1.1\0\win32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{1BE26DDD-B9B9-464D-9EDA-7415E53F2B58}\1.1\HELPDIR\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Sony\VAIO Care\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\003A455E2B805F3564C4D9093B6AD425\AE90CCDFE33A93641BDCCF712018F57A

A way to delete VAIO Care from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VAIO Care is an application marketed by the software company Sony Corporation. Sometimes, users try to uninstall it. This is hard because uninstalling this by hand requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY procedure to uninstall VAIO Care 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VAIO Care or simply click the Search feature and type in "VAIO Care". The VAIO Care program will be found very quickly. When you select VAIO Care in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VAIO Care, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VAIO Care:

• The web site of the application is: http://esupport.sony.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{FDCC09EA-A33E-4639-B1CD-FC1702815FA7}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VAIO Care.


8. After uninstalling VAIO Care, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VAIO Care that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VAIO Care using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VAIO Care by Sony Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that VAIO Care by Sony Corporation is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VAIO Care 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' PCs.