Looking for a workable way to get ISAPI_Rewrite 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 ISAPI_Rewrite 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 ISAPI_Rewrite 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 ISAPI_Rewrite:

Step 1: End all processes that are related to ISAPI_Rewrite

Step 2: Uninstall ISAPI_Rewrite

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of ISAPI_Rewrite in the registry

Step 4: Delete leftovers of ISAPI_Rewrite in hard drive

Step 1: End all processes that are related to ISAPI_Rewrite

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 ISAPI_Rewrite

You can uninstall ISAPI_Rewrite by any of the following uninstall methods:

Method 1: Uninstall ISAPI_Rewrite 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 ISAPI_Rewrite and click Uninstall to uninstall it from your computer.

Method 2: Uninstall ISAPI_Rewrite using its Uninstall.exe

If you cannot find ISAPI_Rewrite 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 ISAPI_Rewrite

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

Method 4: Uninstall ISAPI_Rewrite 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 ISAPI_Rewrite 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 ISAPI_Rewrite 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 ISAPI_Rewrite

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

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

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