Unable to delete useless powerdirector folder.

I have Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 laptop running 64 bit windows 10 version 21H1 (Build 19043.1415).I have a folder in this location. C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\CyberLinkCorp.ac.PowerDirectorforacerDesktop_14.0.4304.0_x64__ypz87dpxkv292.

It's a 1GB folder of I suppose an app called 'PowerDirector' which I'm not using at all. Here's a snapshot from spacesniffer app showing its contents.





I try to delete the folder but it keeps saying that I need permission from SYSTEM to delete this folder.



I have only one user account which has all the admin privileges. Please help me in deleting this folder.

Boot into a Linux distro USB (like Mint or Puppy). In most cases, it ignores Microsoft control-freak conditions and let's you delete things like this. (If you want help with creating a USB, let's know).

Ah, Cyberlink ... just like many of the useless antivirus software nasties, the only way they can get on computers is come embedded with the brand-name device or as bloatware hanging on to other software. Well rid of it.

If you have a Macrium Reflect Rescue USB, you can also boot from it and gain powerful access to remove the folder.

Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect

First try to uninstall Cyberlink PowerDirector in Apps and Features. If it is not listed, there, then download Revo Uninstaller. If the app isn't in the list use Hunter Mode to drag the bullseye to a file in the PowerDirector folder to uninstall.

Hi, this sort of topic has been discussed on numerous occasions.

a. Get Emco Unlockit, free. This can schedule deletion of anything on restart. People who've tried it have liked it.
Unlike many, works with folders and files.

This makes this easy.

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b. Boot your PC from a live boot disk, or you could use a Windows installation disk, and via 'Repair your computer' to a command prompt if familiar with that.

However, where remnants of programs are in question, you might prefer to use an uninstaller that can also check for other remnants, using forced uninstall, starting from any exe file or folder related to the program.

E.g. Wise Uninstaller is one of the few ones that offer this for free.

You might find you have a lof of registry entries remaining for this program.

As a leftover, the program won't be listed, probably because it's been uninstalled.

If the folder was pure data, fine - but it wasn't.

As the folder contained exe/dll files, then the program was not completely uninstalled.

The point there was then to use the "Custom Uninstall" option - a similar feature is available in Revo Pro, not free.


- the right-most button.

However, as you've now removed the folder, you may or may not have exe or dll files or folders left related to the program.

And you may still have lots of registry keys related to the program - try searching the registry.

Or you may be lucky, and it's all gone... but I very much doubt that.
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As to the driver, I wouldn't try uninstalling that using the program without being absolutely certain what those entries relate to.

Surprisingly I only update my intel drivers.

How do you do that? Manually?

I wonder if the entries simply relate to your multiple attempts to update it. Something strange about that- and frequent updates of that are really not necessary. I leave that to Windows (this PC only has Intel ingegrated graphics).

It's possible that you have many copies here:

The driver store is a trusted location of inbox and third-party driver packages. Before a driver can be installed, it must first be injected into the driver store which is located under C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository.

This free tool can be used to inspect that:

Given

As expected it wasn't listed in apps and features in Windows 10 UI, neither in the Revo unisntaller lists of installed apps.

I would expect not. Presume a failed or incomplete uninstall...

My practice routinely when uninstalling is to use Geek Uninstaller (free version)- faster than Revo to start, and runs the standard installer then a scan for leftovers- which often there are.