Looking for a workable way to get Direct Optimizer 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 Direct Optimizer 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 Direct Optimizer 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 Direct Optimizer:

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Direct Optimizer

Step 2: Uninstall Direct Optimizer

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Direct Optimizer in the registry

Step 4: Delete leftovers of Direct Optimizer in hard drive

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Direct Optimizer

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 Direct Optimizer

You can uninstall Direct Optimizer by any of the following uninstall methods:

Method 1: Uninstall Direct Optimizer in Programs and Features

1. Open Programs and Features.

In Windows 7 and Vista,

Click Start menu, type in programs and feature and click on it to open.

In Windows 8 or later,

a. When in the "Start" screen, click Settings and type in programs and features

b. Click on Programs and Features from the Settings search results

2. Click on Direct Optimizer and click Uninstall to uninstall it from your computer.

Method 2: Uninstall Direct Optimizer using its Uninstall.exe

If you cannot find Direct Optimizer 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 3: Reinstall to Uninstall Direct Optimizer

If some of program files that are needed to uninstall Direct Optimizer are missing or corrupted, you may fail to uninstall it. Believe it or not, reinstalling Direct Optimizer may do the trick. If you still keep the original disk or the download file of Direct Optimizer, you can try that to repair the program. After repairing the program, you can try to uninstall it again.

Method 4: Uninstall Direct Optimizer via Command Prompt

1. Open an elevated command prompt.

In Windows 7 and Vista,

Click Start menu and type in cmd in search programs and files, right click and select Run as administrator option in the menu. Click Yes, if UAC pops up.

In Windows 8 or later,

2. In the command prompt, type wmic and press Enter.

3. Type product get name and press Enter. (Please wait for a few seconds to allow the utility to list all programs)

4. Note the name of the program you want to uninstall, including any capitalization.

5. Type product where name="name of program" call uninstall and press Enter.

6. If prompted, type Y to confirm uninstalling the program, and press Enter.

7. When successfully uninstalled, you can close the command prompt.

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Direct Optimizer in the registry

Video Guide: How to back up and edit the registry

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 Direct Optimizer 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 Direct Optimizer

Even you uninstall Direct Optimizer in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove Direct Optimizer from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of Direct Optimizer.

C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming

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