Windows Live Essentials

A guide to uninstall Windows Live Essentials from your system

Windows Live Essentials is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Microsoft Corporation. Check out here for more details on Microsoft Corporation. Click on http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials to get more data about Windows Live Essentials on Microsoft Corporation's website. Windows Live Essentials is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. You can remove Windows Live Essentials by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlarp.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Windows Live Essentials's main file takes about 101.84 KB (104288 bytes) and is named WindowsLiveWriter.exe.

The executables below are part of Windows Live Essentials. They occupy about 13.18 MB (13824848 bytes) on disk.

• companionuser.exe (53.38 KB)
• wlcomm.exe (24.86 KB)
• fsssvc.exe (1.42 MB)
• fsui.exe (863.85 KB)
• defmgr.exe (680.77 KB)
• LangSelector.exe (337.85 KB)
• wlarp.exe (1.15 MB)
• wlsettings.exe (481.85 KB)
• wlstartup.exe (604.35 KB)
• wlmail.exe (89.87 KB)
• MOE.exe (69.84 KB)
• WLSync.exe (1.38 MB)
• msnmsgr.exe (4.04 MB)
• MovieMaker.exe (108.86 KB)
• WindowsLivePhotoViewer.exe (54.86 KB)
• WLXAlbumDownloadWizard.exe (374.36 KB)
• WLXCodecHost.exe (45.86 KB)
• WLXPhotoAcquireWizard.exe (240.86 KB)
• WLXPhotoGallery.exe (128.36 KB)
• WLXPhotoGalleryRepair.exe (18.86 KB)
• WLXQuickTimeControlHost.exe (114.86 KB)
• WLXTranscode.exe (178.86 KB)
• WLXVideoAcquireWizard.exe (668.36 KB)
• WLXVideoCameraAutoPlayManager.exe (67.36 KB)
• WindowsLiveWriter.exe (101.84 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 15.4.3502.0922 of Windows Live Essentials. You can find below a few links to other Windows Live Essentials releases:

• 15.4.3508.1109
• 16.4.3503.0728
• 16.4.3528.0331
• 16.4.3505.0912
• 16.4.3508.0205
• 14.0.8050.1202
• 14.0.8089.0726
• 16.4.3522.0110
• 15.4.3538.0513
• 15.4.3555.0308
• 14.0.8117.0416
• 14.0.8064.0206
• 16.4.3286.0604
• 16.4.3300.0619

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Windows Live Essentials has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

The files below were left behind on your disk by Windows Live Essentials's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IObit\IObit Uninstaller\Log\Windows Live Essentials.history

How to delete Windows Live Essentials from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Windows Live Essentials is an application by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be difficult because performing this by hand requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY manner to uninstall Windows Live Essentials 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Windows Live Essentials or simply activate the Search field and type in "Windows Live Essentials". If it is installed on your PC the Windows Live Essentials program will be found automatically. When you select Windows Live Essentials in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Windows Live Essentials, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Windows Live Essentials:

• The publisher is: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Installer\wlarp.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Windows Live Essentials.


8. After uninstalling Windows Live Essentials, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Windows Live Essentials which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Windows Live Essentials with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Windows Live Essentials by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Windows Live Essentials by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Windows Live Essentials in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.