People who spend a lot of time at their computer may well face the following problem - once the downloaded application has become useless and should be deleted. But, unfortunately, this is not always possible to do simply.
This article will discuss how to remove Media Get. Of course, this program is not among the hard to remove, but still many have difficulties in this process. Fortunately, in the Windows operating system there is not one, but many ways to uninstall programs. Three articles will be analyzed in the article, they are simultaneously similar and at the same time radically different from each other.
How to open the root folder of a program
Before you talk about how to remove Media Get, you must mention how to open the root folder of this program. This is necessary because the first method presented in this article requires access to files, and many do not know how to get to them.
So, in Windows Media Get is usually installed on the C drive, but this is if you did not specify a different directory. Consider all the ways to access this folder.
Open through the shortcut and the Start menu
Let's start with the simplest - opening through the program shortcut. This method is suitable not only for MediaGet, but also for all other programs. If after installation a shortcut remains on your desktop, then you can easily get to the directory of the application to which it belongs. To do this, you must:
- Right-click on the program shortcut.
- In the menu, select "File Location".
After that, the folder we need will immediately open, that is, the root folder.
But it may be such that after installing the program the shortcut is absent on the desktop (you did not put a checkmark during the installation or just uninstalled it). Then you can get to the application directory using the Start menu. To do this, you need:
- Open the Start menu.
- Select "All Programs."
- Find MediaGet in the list.
- Right click on it.
- Select "File Location".
That's all, as mentioned above, this is the easiest way to find the root folder of the program. But what if there is no object on the desktop or in the Start menu? Do not rush to despair, the MediaGet directory can be found in another way.
Open through hidden folders
If you didn’t make any adjustments when installing the program, then your program was installed on drive C. Now you will find out exactly where MediaGet 2 got in and how to get there. But before that it is worth making a small remark. The fact is that the "Media Get" version of the new assembly is installed a little differently - in a hidden folder. To get to the root folder of the program, you will need to open this hidden folder. But in order not to perform unnecessary manipulations, first look for MediaGet 2 in Program Files, which is located on drive C. If it was not found there, then do the following:
- Log in to the control panel. To do this, open the Start menu and click on the inscription of the same name in the sidebar .
- In the window that opens, look for the "Folder Options" item and enter it.
- Another window will appear. In it, you immediately need to go to the "View" tab.
- In the "Advanced Options" area, in the list, find "Hidden files and folders." Check the box next to "Show hidden files, folders, and drives."
- Click "Apply" and close all windows.
You have just made so that the very folders in which the program is installed become visible. Now you can get to the files. For this you need:
- Log in to Explorer, in other words, open the My Computer shortcut.
- Go to "Local Disk (C :)".
- Next, open the "Users" folder.
- Select a folder with your name specified during Windows registration.
- Now find and open the AppData folder. It was she who until this moment was invisible, this is evidenced by her transparency.
- In it, open the Local folder.
Now you are where you need to be. You just have to go to the MediaGet 2 folder - this is the very root folder of the program.
Uninstall via uninstaller
So, now we’ll figure out how to remove Media Get. Using the uninstaller is exactly the way that requires finding the root folder of the program, and since you already know where to find it, you can easily use it.
In the root folder you need to find a file called mediaget-uninstaller. This file will help to remove the program. Open it, you will immediately be asked: "Do you really want to delete MediaGet?" In the event that you click the "Yes" button, the program and all its components will permanently disappear from your hard drive, otherwise the action will be canceled.
This was the first way to remove Media Get from the computer, but by no means the last. It is quite simple if you know where to look for the root folder of the program, but if you tried your best to find it and you didn’t succeed, then the second method is just for you.
Uninstall via "Programs and Features"
Now let's talk about how to remove Media Get using standard Windows tools. This method can also be used to remove other programs.
Initially, you need to get into the "Programs and Features" to do this, you must:
- Log in to the Control Panel.
- Find and open "Programs and Features" in the list.
Everything here is quite simple, but if you suddenly could not find this utility in this way, then you can enter the following expression in the address bar of the explorer: "Control Panel \ All Control Panel Elements \ Programs and Features".
In programs and components, find the name of the required application and click "Delete" at the top of the panel. After agree with your decision, and the program will completely disappear.
Uninstall via Unistaller
Now it's time to talk about the last way, how to remove the Media Get program from the computer. It is applicable if there is no MediaGet in the "Programs and Features", but you are sure that it is on the computer.
You will need to download Unistaller from iObit. After installing and opening it, you will see something similar to programs and components. That's right. There is a list of programs, and to remove one of them, you need to select it and click the "Delete" button.
Here the question may arise about how then this method differs from the previous one. In general, nothing, but it may well be that MediaGet will not be visible in the "Programs and Features", and this program will detect it anyway.