Looking for a workable way to get ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 off your system? There are always many reasons that make you want to uninstall programs from your computer from time to time. To keep your computer work properly, it's always a good habit to uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 you haven't used for a long time. However, we cannot have everything we wish for. There may be also many problems that make you not able to uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 from your PC, such as program errors, program not listed in Programs and Features, corrupted programs and so on. Therefore, to help you out, we've also worked out a few workable methods as well.
Possible Error Caused by Incorrect Uninstall Methods
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The above error messages are all caused by incomplete uninstallation of related programs. Incompletely uninstallation of a program will leave some invalid keys in the system registry, which will cause such error pop-ups when the system still executes them.
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Manually Uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5:
Step 1: End all processes that are related to ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5
Step 2: Uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 in the registry
Step 4: Delete leftovers of ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 in hard drive
Step 1: End all processes that are related to ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5
Hold Ctrl, Shift and Esc keys on the keyboard to open Task Manager. Then click on the related process and click End Process (in Windows 7, Vista) or End Task (in Windows 8) button.
Step 2: Uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5
You can uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 by any of the following uninstall methods:
Method 1: Uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 via Control Panel
1. Press Windows key and R key to open Run command.
2. When Run command pops up, type in appwiz.cpl and then hit OK button.
3. Right click on ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 and click Uninstall to uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5
Note: Usually, computer users can uninstall programs like ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 through Control Panel. But not everything can go as people wish and problems happen sometimes. For example, users may not be able to find ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 in Control Panel, or the uninstallation is interrupted due to some strange errors. If problems happen unexpectedly and you really want to completely remove ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 from your computer system, you need to perform the following steps and manually remove all of its files and components out of the system.
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Method 3: Uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 using its Uninstall.exe
If you cannot find ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 in Programs and Features, then you may be able to uninstall it thru its uninstall.exe.
a. For 32-bit Windows 7, Vista, 8 or later, open the C:\Program Files folder, open the program's folder (ex: WinRAR), and go to step 3 below.
b. For 64-bit Windows 7, Vista, 8 or later, open either the C:\Program Files folder for an installed 64-bit program or C:\Program Files (x86) folder for a installed 32-bit program, and open the program's folder (ex: WinRAR).
Method 4: Uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 via Windows Registry
1. Open regedit. To do so, press Windows and R keys, type in regedit and hit Enter.
2. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
3. Find the program you want to uninstall, search for a string value called UninstallString in the right panel.
4. Double-click on it and copy its value.
5. Press Windows and R keys, type in cmd to open command prompt.
6. Right click, paste the value and hit Enter key. After that, the program will begin to uninstall. Click Yes when it asks for your confirmation.
Note: If you have a 64-bit Windows system, you may need to navigate to the following key to look for 32-bit programs:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 in the registry
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Note: It's very important for you to know that the registry is one of the most important part of the Windows system, you should be extremely careful when deleting any keys in the registry. Any small mistake can result in severe problems or even system crash. So removing ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 by editing the registry is only recommended to computer users with certain computer knowledge. If you don't want to take the risk to damage your computer system, it's recomended that you use this Automatic Registry Cleaner to clean invalid keys.
Step 4: End all processes that are related to ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5
Even you uninstall ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5.
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming
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