Looking for a workable way to get Xfiles Screen Saver 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 Xfiles Screen Saver 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 Xfiles Screen Saver 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 Xfiles Screen Saver:

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Xfiles Screen Saver

Step 2: Uninstall Xfiles Screen Saver

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Xfiles Screen Saver in the registry

Step 4: Delete leftovers of Xfiles Screen Saver in hard drive

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Xfiles Screen Saver

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 Xfiles Screen Saver

You can uninstall Xfiles Screen Saver by any of the following uninstall methods:

Method 1: Uninstall Xfiles Screen Saver 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 Xfiles Screen Saver and click Uninstall to uninstall Xfiles Screen Saver

Note: Usually, computer users can uninstall programs like Xfiles Screen Saver through Control Panel. But not everything can go as people wish and problems happen sometimes. For example, users may not be able to find Xfiles Screen Saver in Control Panel, or the uninstallation is interrupted due to some strange errors. If problems happen unexpectedly and you really want to completely remove Xfiles Screen Saver from your computer system, you need to perform the following steps and manually remove all of its files and components out of the system.

Method 2: Use System Restore to Uninstall Xfiles Screen Saver

System Restore is a useful built-in utility that allows computer users to roll back to the previous state when the computer works properly. If you have a habit of creating a system restore point before installing a new program, you can roll back to this system restore point if this new piece of program is not up to your expectation or cannot be uninstalled from your computer properly.

Method 3: Uninstall Xfiles Screen Saver 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

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Some unwanted programs can install into your computer without being noticed, as they like to spread by attaching to free software and games that people often download online. Sometimes, you cannot remember when certain program was installed on your computer until you suffer a lot from its annoying pop-ups. Usually, this kind of potentially unwanted programs can escape from the detection of your installed antivirus. If you have tried the above methods but still fail to remove Xfiles Screen Saver, it's really necessary for you to check whether it's a virus or not. Click and download this powerful Virus Removal Tool to check your PC. If it's a computer virus, it will be automatically deleted when you click Remove after the scan.

Method 5: Reinstall to Uninstall Xfiles Screen Saver

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

Method 6: Uninstall Xfiles Screen Saver using its Uninstall.exe

If you cannot find Xfiles Screen Saver 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).

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Xfiles Screen Saver 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 Xfiles Screen Saver 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 Xfiles Screen Saver

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

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

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