How to UNINSTALL CardWare for Windows Vista manually?
Solution:WE DO NOT RECOMMEND REMOVING CARDWARE MANUALLY EXCEPT IF YOUR UNINSTALL INFO IS CORRUPTED!

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If you really need removing CardWare installation manually, then you have to:

  1. Shut down PCCARD.EXE and MCVIEW.EXE (if open).
  2. Stop CardWare Service:
    Select Start | Run and type
    net stop CWSERV
  3. Remove the entire registry tree:
    HKLM\Software\APSoft\CardWare,
  4. Remove the registry value:
    HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PCCARD
  5. Remove the entire registry tree:
    HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CardWare
  6. Remove the registry value: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E970-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\Installer32
  7. Remove CardWare installation directory from PATH variable in
    HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
  8. Remove the entire registry trees:
    HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CWMEM2K
    HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CWSERV
    HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PCCS
  9. Delete CardWare files:
    1. Delete subdirectory C:\Program Files\APSoft\CardWare.
    2. Remove following files from %SystemRoot%\system32

      CWSERV.EXE
      CSDLL.DLL
      CSDLLPR.DLL
      MCDLL.DLL
      CW2KINST.DLL
      MCUNINST.DLL

    3. Remove following files from %SystemRoot%\system32\Drivers
      PCCS.SYS
      CWMEM2K.SYS
      GENCARD.SYS