Hi,
I recently temporarily uninstalled Sonarworks Reference 4.4.4.1 from my Windows 10 Pro machine due to some cleanup procedures I needed to carry out.
I then did a full search for "sonarworks*" on my C drive and in the registry and was baffled by what the uninstallation process had left on my machine.
File system:
- "Sonarworks" folder in %localappdata% still containing log files, analytics, config database, GUI cache
- "Sonarworks" folder in %ProgramFiles% still containing various MSI installers
- "Sonarworks" folder in %ProgramData% with empty sub folder
Registry:
- HKCU\Software\Sonarworks\Reference 4 Plugin
- HKCU\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\{E0F158E1-CB04-11D0-BD4E-00A0C911CE86}\DirectSound:{4B557462-1363-40EF-94BC-D1AB87089717} ("DirectSound: Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKCU\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\{E0F158E1-CB04-11D0-BD4E-00A0C911CE86}\wave:{4B557462-1363-40EF-94BC-D1AB87089717} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Speech\AudioOutput\TokenEnums\MMAudioOut\{0.0.0.00000000}.{4b557462-1363-40ef-94bc-d1ab87089717} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ("Reference 4 Systemwide" WTF? It is not installed anymore!)
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio\Render\{4da21095-0a2b-4305-957b-d42fa692c51d}\Properties ("Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device", "oem1.inf:ed86ca11d6757636:SONARWORKS_VirtualDevice.NT:16.12.23.648:*SONARWORKSDevice")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\DeviceClasses\{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\##?#SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{4b557462-1363-40ef-94bc-d1ab87089717}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\#\Device Parameters ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\DeviceClasses\{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\##?#SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{4da21095-0a2b-4305-957b-d42fa692c51d}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\#\Device Parameters ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\DeviceClasses\{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\##?#SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{657a2773-18c4-4664-b759-c8f9221e5e8b}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\#\Device Parameters ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.0.00000000}.{4b557462-1363-40ef-94bc-d1ab87089717} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.0.00000000}.{4da21095-0a2b-4305-957b-d42fa692c51d} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.0.00000000}.{657a2773-18c4-4664-b759-c8f9221e5e8b} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\##?#SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{4b557462-1363-40ef-94bc-d1ab87089717}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\#\Device Parameters ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\##?#SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{4da21095-0a2b-4305-957b-d42fa692c51d}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\#\Device Parameters ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceClasses\{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\##?#SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{657a2773-18c4-4664-b759-c8f9221e5e8b}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}\#\Device Parameters ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.0.00000000}.{4b557462-1363-40ef-94bc-d1ab87089717} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.0.00000000}.{4da21095-0a2b-4305-957b-d42fa692c51d} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SWD\MMDEVAPI\{0.0.0.00000000}.{657a2773-18c4-4664-b759-c8f9221e5e8b} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKEY_USERS\redacted SID\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\{E0F158E1-CB04-11D0-BD4E-00A0C911CE86}\DirectSound:{4B557462-1363-40EF-94BC-D1AB87089717} ("DirectSound: Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKEY_USERS\redacted SID\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\{E0F158E1-CB04-11D0-BD4E-00A0C911CE86}\wave:{4B557462-1363-40EF-94BC-D1AB87089717} ("DirectSound: Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKEY_USERS\redacted SID\Software\Microsoft\Speech\AudioOutput\TokenEnums\MMAudioOut\{0.0.0.00000000}.{4b557462-1363-40ef-94bc-d1ab87089717} ("Speakers (Sonarworks Virtual Audio Device)")
- HKEY_USERS\redacted SID\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ("Reference 4 Systemwide")
- HKEY_USERS\redacted SID\Software\Sonarworks
Please fix the uninstaller so it deletes those Sonarworks folders, completely removes the Sonarworks virtual audio device and the autostart entries. Thanks!
Alex
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