VIA Platform Device Manager

How to uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager for Windows. It is made by VIA Technologies, Inc.. More data about VIA Technologies, Inc. can be read here. More info about the application VIA Platform Device Manager can be seen at http://forums.viaarena.com/. The program is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup folder. Take into account that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. VIA Platform Device Manager's full uninstall command line is C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\Driver\7\INTEL3~1\IDriver.exe /M{20D4A895-748C-4D88-871C-FDB1695B0169} . The application's main executable file has a size of 14.00 KB (14336 bytes) on disk and is titled DifStX64.exe.

The executables below are part of VIA Platform Device Manager. They occupy about 126.00 KB (129024 bytes) on disk.

• DifStX64.exe (14.00 KB)
• InsStor.exe (44.00 KB)
• InsStX64.exe (36.00 KB)
• RunAPP.exe (32.00 KB)

The current page applies to VIA Platform Device Manager version 1.34 alone. Click on the links below for other VIA Platform Device Manager versions:

• 1.39
• 1.13
• 1.44
• 1.43
• 1.12
• 1.27
• 1.24
• 1.40
• 1.21
• 1.41
• 1.38
• 1.42
• 1.22
• 1.36
• 1.33

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If you're planning to uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager:

• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\165x300.bmp
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\500x60.bmp
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\ASIA.SLF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\difxapi\X64\DIFXAPI.DLL
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\difxapi\X86\DIFXAPI.DLL
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\ENGLISH.SLF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\EUROPE1.SLF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\EUROPE2.SLF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\EUROPE3.SLF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\EUROPE4.SLF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\SETUP.MLF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\SETUP.SCF
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\VIAHDAud\Component.cif
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\VIAHDAud\HDAudDrVista32.dll
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\VIAPCI.SYS
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\VIASETUP.DLL
• C:\Program Files\VIA\Setup\VIASETUP.LOG

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\InstallShield_{20D4A895-748C-4D88-871C-FDB1695B0169}

How to delete VIA Platform Device Manager from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VIA Platform Device Manager is an application marketed by the software company VIA Technologies, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this manually requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK solution to erase VIA Platform Device Manager 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 the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows system.

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• download the program by pressing the green 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 tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VIA Platform Device Manager or simply activate the Search field and type in "VIA Platform Device Manager". If it exists on your system the VIA Platform Device Manager app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VIA Platform Device Manager in the list of programs, the following information about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about VIA Platform Device Manager, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VIA Platform Device Manager:

• The web site of the program is: http://forums.viaarena.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\Driver\7\INTEL3~1\IDriver.exe /M{20D4A895-748C-4D88-871C-FDB1695B0169}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VIA Platform Device Manager.


8. After uninstalling VIA Platform Device Manager, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VIA Platform Device Manager which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VIA Platform Device Manager using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager by VIA Technologies, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that VIA Platform Device Manager by VIA Technologies, Inc. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VIA Platform Device Manager in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.