Looking for a workable way to get USB Autorun 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 USB Autorun 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 USB Autorun 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.
Automatically Uninstall USB Autorun (Recommended):
This Automatic Uninstaller will completely scan through the whole registry and hard drive and detect all files and components that belong to USB Autorun. With this Automatic Uninstaller, uninstalling a program completely can be as easy as ABC for you in the future.
Manually Uninstall USB Autorun:
Step 1: End all processes that are related to USB Autorun
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of USB Autorun in the registry
Step 4: Delete leftovers of USB Autorun in hard drive
Step 1: End all processes that are related to USB Autorun
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 USB Autorun
You can uninstall USB Autorun by any of the following uninstall methods:
Method 1: Uninstall USB Autorun 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 USB Autorun and click Uninstall to uninstall USB Autorun
Note: Usually, computer users can uninstall programs like USB Autorun through Control Panel. But not everything can go as people wish and problems happen sometimes. For example, users may not be able to find USB Autorun in Control Panel, or the uninstallation is interrupted due to some strange errors. If problems happen unexpectedly and you really want to completely remove USB Autorun 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: Uninstall USB Autorun using its Uninstall.exe
If you cannot find USB Autorun 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 USB Autorun
If some of program files that are needed to uninstall USB Autorun are missing or corrupted, you may fail to uninstall it. Believe it or not, reinstalling USB Autorun may do the trick. If you still keep the original disk or the download file of USB Autorun, you can try that to repair the program. After repairing the program, you can try to uninstall it again.
Method 4: Use System Restore to Uninstall USB Autorun
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.
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of USB Autorun 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 USB Autorun 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 USB Autorun
Even you uninstall USB Autorun in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove USB Autorun from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of USB Autorun.
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming
Uninstall USB Autorun via Automatic Uninstaller
Manually uninstalling USB Autorun cannot promise a 100% removal of USB Autorun, especially for computer users with little computer knowledge. If you have tried the above manual uninstall steps but still cannot get USB Autorun removed from your system, it's very necessary for you to use this Automatic Uninstaller to do it for you. With only a few clicks, you can easily uninstall any stubborn program from your computer system.
