Looking for a workable way to get WinDriver Ghost 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 WinDriver Ghost 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 WinDriver Ghost 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
Error example
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 WinDriver Ghost:
Step 1: End all processes that are related to WinDriver Ghost
Step 2: Uninstall WinDriver Ghost
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of WinDriver Ghost in the registry
Step 4: Delete leftovers of WinDriver Ghost in hard drive
Step 1: End all processes that are related to WinDriver Ghost
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 WinDriver Ghost
You can uninstall WinDriver Ghost by any of the following uninstall methods:
Method 1: Uninstall WinDriver Ghost 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 WinDriver Ghost and click Uninstall to uninstall it from your computer.
Method 2: Reinstall to Uninstall WinDriver Ghost
If some of program files that are needed to uninstall WinDriver Ghost are missing or corrupted, you may fail to uninstall it. Believe it or not, reinstalling WinDriver Ghost may do the trick. If you still keep the original disk or the download file of WinDriver Ghost, you can try that to repair the program. After repairing the program, you can try to uninstall it again.
Method 3: Uninstall WinDriver Ghost using its Uninstall.exe
If you cannot find WinDriver Ghost 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 WinDriver Ghost 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 WinDriver Ghost 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 WinDriver Ghost 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 WinDriver Ghost
Even you uninstall WinDriver Ghost in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove WinDriver Ghost from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of WinDriver Ghost.
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming
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