VAIO Startup Assistant

How to uninstall VAIO Startup Assistant from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall VAIO Startup Assistant for Windows. The Windows version was created by Sony. Further information on Sony can be found here. Please open http://www.sony.com/pcsupport if you want to read more on VAIO Startup Assistant on Sony's web page. VAIO Startup Assistant is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\Sony\First Experience directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. You can remove VAIO Startup Assistant by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line RunDll32 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\10\50\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{DFD0E9A9-F24A-492B-8975-8C938E32408F}\setup.exe" -l0x9 -removeonly. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 968.00 KB (991232 bytes) on disk and is called VAIOWelcome.exe.

VAIO Startup Assistant is comprised of the following executables which take 1.01 MB (1054000 bytes) on disk:

• CleanUp.exe (21.30 KB)
• VAIOWelcome.exe (968.00 KB)
• WelcomeLauncher.exe (20.00 KB)
• LaunchIE.exe (20.00 KB)

This page is about VAIO Startup Assistant version 2.00.0222 only. You can find below a few links to other VAIO Startup Assistant releases:

• 1.00.1019
• 3.00.0825
• 4.00.1114
• 3.00.0731
• 2.00.0626.64
• 4.10.1117.
• 1.10.0222
• 5.00.0410
• 4.00.1030
• 2.00.0516
• 4.00.1022
• 4.00.1202
• 2.00.0505
• 2.00.0403

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How to uninstall VAIO Startup Assistant from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VAIO Startup Assistant is an application marketed by Sony. Some people try to remove this program. This can be easier said than done because removing this manually requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK action to remove VAIO Startup Assistant is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

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

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

For instance you can see that for VAIO Startup Assistant:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.sony.com/pcsupport
• The uninstall string is: RunDll32 C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\10\50\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{DFD0E9A9-F24A-492B-8975-8C938E32408F}\setup.exe" -l0x9 -removeonly

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


8. After uninstalling VAIO Startup Assistant, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VAIO Startup Assistant that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VAIO Startup Assistant using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer 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 remove VAIO Startup Assistant by Sony from your PC, nor are we saying that VAIO Startup Assistant by Sony is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VAIO Startup Assistant supposing 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.