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Can’t Remove/UninstallPowerDVD 10/9/8/7 onVista?

You are unable to remove PowerDVD via Windows programs list orvia its supplied uninstaller? Do you feel DOH of going back andforth with the installation (overwrite) or uninstallation of the previous

Posted on April 8th, 2013 by Rashad Carnevale

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versions of PowerDVD?

Well, one of the most mentioned issues we encounter the other dayfrom this PowerDVD product by CyberLink Corp users think he orshe has uninstalled the media player through Windows Programsand Features or Add/Remove Programs, but the uninstalledPowerDVD just leaves an unwanted window in WMC! Then thishow-to guide will help you cleanly remove PowerDVD! Generally,you can uninstall PowerDVD fully by cleaning the associatedprogram files and other nasty traces in Registry Editor. And thefollowing details is not recommended for Windows beginners,instead you should use this professional PUP cleanup program toeffectively get rid of PowerDVD from your Windows – the bottomline, however, is that you guys don’t want to make your machinemalfunction due to the wrong deletion of shared system files and/orregistry entries, right?

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For such a situation we’d better review its installation before we takethe following instructions to uninstall PowerDVD

Step 1: "WinRAR self-extracting archive"

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Destination folder:"C:\Users\TESTER\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0…"(You can force uninstall PowerDVD with this sweetuninstall tool!)

Step 2: Choose Setup Language

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Step 3: InstallShield Wizard – "PowerDVD Setup is preparingthe InstallShield Wizard …"

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Step 4: "Installing CyberLink PowerDVD 12.0 …"

Step 5: License Agreement

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Step 6: Software Partner Installer Google Chrome (Note Tofully uninstall PowerDVD, you should remove Chrome fromyour computer and undo all the changes on your webbrowsers.)

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Step 7: Choose Destination LocationDestination Folder: "C\ProgramFiles\CyberLink\PowerDVD12" (Note You add this filefolder to this recommended uninstaller Pro to forciblyuninstall PowerDVD on your Windows machine.)

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Step 8: Google Chrome EULA (optional)

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Step 9: Select Program Folder – "Please select a programfolder."

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Step 10: (Install PowerDVD’s requirement) (Note Tocompletely uninstall PowerDVD, you need to remove thepotentially unwanted "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005/2008 ServicePack 1 Redistributable ATL Security Updater(86)". Anyway,you can always re-install them when you find other applicationlike Nero, avast! asks for the Visual items after this fact.)

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Step 11: Setup Status – "The InstallShield Wizard is installingPowerDVD …"

Step 12: MoovieLive Privacy Policy (optional)

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Step 13: "InstallShield Wizard Complete …"

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Then, how can I uninstall PowerDVD w ithless pain?

Note Some of you may have encountered the annoying 1158 erroror "an installation support file could not be installed" message while

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you tried to uninstall PowerDVD via Windows Control Panel plusyou just cannot downgrade or remove it that way. However I can tellyou that the best way to permanently clean the additional remnantsof the corrupted/half-uninstalled PowerDVD program is to obtain thisWindows-compatible uninstaller Pro.

1. I click the Continue button on the following Welcome window.

2. I click Done button on the Library Setup.

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3. Then I press the "Skip Registration" button on the CyberLinkProduct Registration window.

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4. I click the Close button on the following PowerDVD window.

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5. In order to smoothly uninstall PowerDVD, I run Task Managerand I go to Processes tab on it and then, I manually terminatethe following items: CyberLink Media Server Monitor Service,CyberLink Media Server Service, DMREngine, PowerDVD 12.For Win8 users, you can first locate them and press the[Delete] key to stop them from running quickly!

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6. I double click on the Control Panel icon on my desktop andpress Uninstall a program in it.

7. Then I locate the listing CyberLink PowerDVD 12 and press[Enter] key to start its default uninstaller, InstallShield Wizard –Shown below. If you’re running a Windows Vista and beyond,you can also launch the Uninstall option on the programstable; and for Windows XP SP3 friends, you may need to clickon the "Uninstall" or "Uninstall/Change" button to uninstallPowerDVD on your machine.

Publisher: CyberLink Corp.

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Size: 343 MBProduct version: 12.0.2428.57Support link: http://www.CyberLink[dot]comHelp link: http:support.gocybe…

8. "PowerDVD Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard …Please wait …".

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9. To automatically uninstall PowerDVD (v12), I choose the Yesoption from the following Question window.

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10. To fully uninstall PowerDVD and perform a clean install of it, Iapply the No entry on the Question then.

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11. "The InstallShield Wizard is removing CyberLinkPowerDVD…".

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12. Click Finish button on the "Uninstalling CyberLink PowerDVD12.0 …". If you do encounter other issues where following thisstandard uninstallation procedure to uninstall PowerDVD fromyour computer system, the following smart uninstaller will helpyou effectively resolve them: you execute it in the Admin mode(recommended) or via the non-administrative account on yourcomputer.

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13. Chances are, you’ve also installed the potentially unneededGoogle Chrome program (See Step 8 in Part 1 above), andtherefore you can detect it in the Uninstall or change aprogram list. With this in mind, I am going to remove GoogleChrome to entirely unisntall PowerDVD: locate Google’s web

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browser (product version, 26.0.1410.43) and launch Uninstalloption for it.

14. Then the following screen "Uninstall Google Chrome" asks methat "Are you sure you want to uninstall Google Chrome?" andit provides the additional option for deleting its createdbrowsing data, well, to fully uninstall PowerDVD, I check thatoption and hit the Uninstall button.

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15. Soon, my Windows Internet Explorer 10 opens and visits thefollowing page, saying "Google Chrome has been uninstall.…". I directly close it. Moreover, if you launched/clicked on theUninstall button and nothing proceeded, or the setupapplication failed and got hung-up, the following perfectuninstaller program is a quick workaround. It will cleanlyremove Chrome without leaving any unwanted profileinformation and/or changed desktop icons!

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16. Then I take the following super simple steps to remove theunused "Visual C++" applications thus, I fully uninstallPowerDVD:

Launch Uninstall option for the "C++ 2005".

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Click Yes on Programs and Features.

Select Yes from the following UAC (byvc_red_enu_x86_ixp.msi; 65243b.msi). Then wait.

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Again, highlight "C++ 2008" -> press the Uninstallbutton-> hit Yes on Programs and Features.

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Select Yes from the UAC (by 65243f.msi) below.

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17. To thoroughly uninstall PowerDVD, I need to detect andremove all items that have "CyberLink", "Google" in its name.Well, I want to be straight: I do not want to remove the sharedsettings/options relating to the uninstalled MS Visualapplications above.

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