How to uninstall ASAP Utilities

Automatic uninstall

The easiest and recommended way to uninstall ASAP Utilities is to do this via the Windows Control Panel.

Windows 2000/XP

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs
or
Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs

Then select ASAP Utilities in the list of programs and click on the "Remove" button:

Windows Vista

Start > Control Panel > Programs: Uninstall a Program
Then select ASAP Utilities in the list of programs and click on the "Unintall" button:

Note

If other users on the same computer used ASAP Utilities too, you will have to manually remove ASAP Utilities from their list of Excel add-ins. This is something that can only be automated for the user that runs the uninstall due to the design/restrictions of MS Windows. In such a case the user has to follow step 4 till 7 of the manual uninstall.

Automatic uninstall #2

As an alternative you can also use the following method to uninstall ASAP Utilities.

1. In the Excel menu go to "Tools", "Add-ins" and then uncheck the check box next to ASAP Utilities. This will remove ASAP Utilities from the menu.
   
2. If you have chosen the automatic install you can go to the software option in your control panel to uninstall ASAP Utilities. You can also run "unins000.exe" from the ASAP Utilities installation folder. The uninstaller removes all ASAP Utilities installation files and removes all ASAP Utilities entries from the registry. If you have specified an alternative location to store your favorites menu settings you have to manually remove the file asap_custom_menu.ini from that location.
   
   

Manual uninstall

If you have used the automatic setup of ASAP Utilities we recommend the automatic uninstall.

1. Close Excel, if it is opened.
2. Unregister the ASAP_Utilities.dll. To unregister the DLL use the shortcut "UnRegister DLL" we made for this:
   
   You can also use the command RegSvr32.exe "<Drive + Folder>\ASAP_Utilities.dll" /u
   e.g. RegSvr32.exe "C:\ASAP Utilities\ASAP_Utilities.dll" /u
   
3. Delete the folder where the ASAP Utilities program was installed. Usually this is [C:\Program Files\ASAP Utilities].
4. Start Excel, you will now receive an error, indicating that ASAP Utilities could not be found.
   
   
5. Click OK. Then choose in the Excel menu "Tools", "Add-ins":
   
6. Uncheck the check box next to ASAP Utilities:
   
   
7. Excel will now ask you if you want to remove ASAP Utilities from the list. Answer with yes:
   
   
8. Now close the dialog. ASAP Utilities is successfully uninstalled.
   ASAP Utilities is removed from your computer and Excel.

Temporarily disabling ASAP Utilities

If you want to temporarily disable ASAP Utilities, for example if you want to make screenshots and want the default Excel menu bar shown without ASAP Utilities, or if you think Excel starts to slow or if you think you have problems related to ASAP Utilities, you can do the following:

In the Excel menu go to "Tools", "Add-ins" and then uncheck the check box next to ASAP Utilities. This will remove ASAP Utilities from the menu and it will not be automatically started everytime you start Excel.
If you want to enable ASAP Utilities again, check the checkbox next to ASAP Utilities again.

Excel menu: Tools » Add-ins:

Uncheck the check box next to ASAP Utilities: