Remove WinGuard Pro – Howto Guide & Video Instruction
WinGuard Pro program description
WinGuard Pro is a program that allow computer user to use password to monitor part of the Windows features, and protect Windows program, file or folder.
Install & Uninstall
WinGuard Pro comes as a freeware, the installation is pretty simple, on the contrary, some of the users complains that they have trouble with uninstalling this program. Well, if you are feeling upset that you don’t know how to uninstall WinGuard Pro correctly and completely, the below tutorial would definitely help you out.
Manual solution to uninstall WinGuard Pro
Part 1: Some computer users got confuse and don’t know where to start this program does not provide uninstall option in the Start > Program menu, you need to access to Windows Add/Remove program to do the removal.
- Click Start button, go to Control Panel.
- Open Add/Remove program from the Control Panel.
- Locate WinGuard Pro in the list, click Remove button.
- You will be asked ‘are you sure you want to uninstall WinGuard Pro 2013 from your computer?’ click Yes to continue.
- Wait a few seconds allow the removal finish by itself automatically.
Part 2: Remove program leftovers. Please be reminded that Add/Remove program could only help you uninstall WinGuard Pro from its installation directory and remove part of its registry component, there will still be some files, folders, registry entries that left inside your computer, it required a manual search & delete.
- Access to the search function in the Start menu
- Select All files and folders.
- Type in WinGuard in the first blank.
- Select ‘My Computer’ in the look-in section and then hit Search button.
- Delete all found leftover files and folders of WinGuard Pro.
- Open Run window from Start > Run (you can also open run window by pressing Windows button + R key)
- Type regedit in the Run window and press enter.
- Backup the registry from File menu > Export (this is a precautionary measure for mistaken operation, you may skip this step if you are experienced with using registry editor)
- Navigate the registry editor and locate the below registry entries & keys of WinGuard Pro:
HKLM|SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-21-299502267-287218729-1801674531-500\Products\280ADF9F2A199B8489EFC0F1880FBE44
HKLM|SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F9FDA082-91A2-48B9-98FE-0C1F88F0EB44}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\winguard
- Delete the above found registry leftovers one by one.
- Close registry editor and restart your computer.
A much easier way to uninstall WinGuard Pro thoroughly
If you are having trouble with removing WinGuard Pro, and want a time-saving and more convenient solution to do the uninstall, Max Uninstaller is the tool you wanna use. This program has its unique way to uninstall the target program without leaving any trace behind the computer, the whole process is simply and easily, all you need is just click the mouse a few time and the removal will be done automatically.
Video demonstration
Detailed uninstall steps
- Download Max Uninstaller, install it in your computer with ease.
- Launch MU, select WinGuard Pro in program list and click ‘Run Analysis’ button.
- After its done, click ‘Complete Uninstall’to start the default removal.
- Once the default removal is finished, click ‘Scan Leftovers’ button allow Max Uninstaller to scan over your computer and find out all the remains of WinGuard Pro.
- Click ‘Delete Leftovers’to remove all found leftovers
- Click OK in the pop-up message to finish the removal.
Well done! Now WinGuard Pro has been completely removed from your laptop/desktop. If there is still other software/program you want to remove, simply open Max Uninstaller and repeat the above steps, and you will be able to remove it with ease.
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