How do I uninstall the console client?

= "Standard" Legitimate installations =

The following intructions assume you initially intended to install the console client, and also know the location in which you installed it.
 * Service installation : A service installation is one which runs via the windows service manager. It is originally installed by running through the client configuration and selecting yes to "Install the client as a service." The most obvious method of checking if your client is installed as a service is to look for a CLI window in your taskbar. If it is missing, then the client is probably installed as a service. If you can locate your  you should also see a line at the top stating Arguments: -svcstart.
 * Interactive installation : An interactive installation of means that the console is run manually via a (startup) shortcut, or by the user manually starting the executable. In a standard installation, an interactive client will show a CLI window, which may be minimised to the taskbar.

Service installations
Replace any + symbols with \ symbols. For example: is stored in (Note that the quote marks are needed because there is a required space between Program and Files)
 * 1) Run "services.msc" from the run prompt
 * 2) Find the service called FAH@... (the details after the @ sign, tell you where  is running from).
 * 3) Click the process and select stop. This will kill the  and  processes, which you should see in taskmanager.
 * 4) If you only want to prevent  from running at startup, change the service option to "manual" or to "disabled" (it should currently be "automatic")
 * 5) To completely remove the service, and then :
 * 6) Open a command prompt to the location shown in the service manager (i.e. the location after the @ symbol)
 * 1) For those who are not familiar with navigating in the text window (cmd window) the following should work using the example above:
 * 2) C:
 * 3) CD "\Program Files\Folding@Home"
 * 1) Once in the  directory, run  (where x is the number you should have seen in taskmanager)
 * 2) When prompted to remove the service, select yes, all other options are irrelevant since you will be removing the client. If you are NOT prompted to remove the service you can remove it via the command line like this: sc delete "FAH@C:+Program Files+Folding@Home+Console2+FAH504-Console.exe". Replace "FAH@C:+Program Files+Folding@Home+Console2+FAH504-Console.exe" with the name of the service as it appears in your Service Manager. The service name should be enclosed in quotes for maximum compatibility.
 * 3) Once the configuration has completed, the service will have been removed, and you can safely delete the entire  folder if you so desire.

Interactive installations

 * 1) Close the console client with a
 * 2) Navigate to your FAH installation directory and delete the contents

Removing startup entries
When running the client interactively, you may have created an autostart mechanism. This could either be in the form of a startup shortcut, or a registry entry.

Startup shortcuts

 * 1) Open your start menu, and navigate to  &rarr;
 * 2) Right click on  and select.
 * 3) If a shortcut exists for, delete it.
 * 4) In the explorer address bar (if it is invisible go to  &rarr;  &rarr; ), alter the address, replacing the current username with All Users. For example:  becomes
 * 5) Repeat step 3

Registry Entries

 * 1) Start the windows registry editor, via  &rarr; ,
 * 2) Navigate to  and delete any values that run the  executable
 * 3) Repeat for

Removing registry entries
Whichever client you run, registry entries are made. These are all stored in the same place, and can be removed with a single action
 * 1) Start the windows registry editor, via  &rarr; ,
 * 2) Navigate to
 * 3) Delete the whole PandeGroup key

Related Links
 * Official stanford uninstall FAQ outdated
 * Official stanford uninstall FAQ outdated