Looking for a workable way to get Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 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.
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Remove the OfficeScan client shortcut from the Start menu. On Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012: Switch to desktop mode. Move the mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen and click Start from the menu that appears. The Home screen appears. Right-click Trend Micro OfficeScan.
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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.
This specialized uninstaller can not only help you uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Client from the computer effectively, but also identify and delete all leftover files, folders and invalid registry entries belonging to Trend Micro OfficeScan Client.
Step 1: End all processes that are related to Trend Micro OfficeScan Client
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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client
You can uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Client by any of the following uninstall methods:
Method 1: Uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client and click Uninstall to uninstall it from your computer.
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Method 2: Use System Restore to Uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Client
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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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 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_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall
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_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall
Method 4: Uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Client via Virus Removal Tool
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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client, 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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client
If some of program files that are needed to uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Client are missing or corrupted, you may fail to uninstall it. Believe it or not, reinstalling Trend Micro OfficeScan Client may do the trick. If you still keep the original disk or the download file of Trend Micro OfficeScan Client, you can try that to repair the program. After repairing the program, you can try to uninstall it again.
Method 6: Uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Client using its Uninstall.exe
If you cannot find Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 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.
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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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client 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 Trend Micro OfficeScan Client
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Even you uninstall Trend Micro OfficeScan Client in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove Trend Micro OfficeScan Client from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of Trend Micro OfficeScan Client.
C:Program Files (x86)
C:Program Files
C:ProgramData
C:UsersDefaultAppDataLocal
C:UsersDefaultAppDataRoaming
C:Program Files
C:ProgramData
C:UsersDefaultAppDataLocal
C:UsersDefaultAppDataRoaming
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