2014-05-27

Privacy Controls Removal – How to Fully Uninstall Privacy Controls from Windows 8.1 Step by Step

Are you trying to uninstall Privacy Controls due to the error messages frequently show up?
Are you confused that you try to delete Privacy Controls with Control Panel but it is not there?
Are you disappointed that you could not get rid of Privacy Controls because there is no Uninstall option?
However, if you would like to get rid of the program, you could follow the Privacy Controls removal guides step by step in this article.


There are 2 useful program removal guides to delete Privacy Controls from your PC.

Tips 1: Delete Privacy Controls through Windows Control Panel by manual

Tips 1: How to manually remove Privacy Controls through Windows Control Panel?

As usual, you prefer to uninstall programs by using Windows Control Panel. And you could follow the removal instructions below:

Restart your computer and press F8 key on your keyboard. This will open up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Vista, or the Windows Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, highlight the option labeled Safe Mode with Networking. Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your keyboard.



Step 1: End related processes of Privacy Controls
Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.


Disable all the running processes about Privacy Controls


Next: show hidden files and folders and delete all the following files.

Guide: click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it. In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Delete all the following files related to Privacy Controls
%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\
Step 2: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid registries entries as below

Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )

Delete all the related registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe 

What’s more, you need to remove Privacy Controls’s related files:
%AppData%\svc-<random>.exe
%AppData%\data.sec
%AppData% refers to the current users Application Data folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User>\Application Data for Windows 2000/XP. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 it is C:\Users\<Current User>\AppData\Roaming.

Tips 2: How to totally uninstall Privacy Controls with Perfect Uninstaller?

If you can not follow the removal guides above, it is advised you to get rid of Privacy Controls with Perfect Uninstaller as following.

2.      Close the running processes in the Task Manager before you run Perfect Uninstaller
3.      Find and locate the program on the currently installed programs list
4.      Click “Uninstall” button on the right side to remove Privacy Controls.
5.      Follow the prompt “Next” steps to delete Privacy Controls.
After you finish the prompt removal steps, Privacy Controls has been deleted from your PC.

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