U3 Removal Tool For Mac
I am hoping that this article will one day become “the definitive source” on how to remove the U3 Launchpad program from SanDisk Cruzer thumb drives. I have always loved SanDisk products but I am needless to say, less than thrilled with the included U3 software that comes bundled with most SanDisk thumb drives. I was truthfully a little bit surprised that the U3 Launchpad can be such a pain to uninstall so I thought that I would take the time to give you the exact information that you will need to properly remove U3 from your SanDisk product. To make a long story short. I had gotten an excellent deal on a a while back and am just now getting around to using it.
When I inserted the thumb drive into my Windows 7 PC I immediately got an error message stating that the “Launchpad Installer Wizard has stopped working.” I remembered that SanDisk includes the U3 system on their thumb drives and even further remembered that there was a U3 removal utility available. I downloaded the software on my Windows 7 PC, ran it, and got another error message which again stated that the “Launchpad Installer Wizard has stopped working.” So to make a long story short, don’t try to remove or update the U3 software from a PC running Windows 7.
It probably won’t work, and if you don’t believe me, How To Remove U3 SanDisk has both a Mac and PC version of their U3 removal software along with accompanying directions that show you step by step how to remove the U3 software from your thumb drive. I will offer you a word of caution however; You will be prompted to have all of your files backed up (or not) as part of the U3 removal procedure.
Make sure that you check off the option to “restore your data after removing U3” if you have personal data already stored on your thumb drive. If you do not select this option then all of your data will be lost. I have confirmed that the PC version of the U3 Removal Tool works on both Windows XP and Windows Vista. Remember that the U3 Removal Tool will probably not work on PC’s running Windows 7. I have also confirmed that the Mac version of the U3 Removal Tool works on OS 10.6.4 which is the most recent version of OS X. Steben, My website is not complete as of yet.
My question is why would you need the U3 system in the 1st place. From what I have found out it allows you to store and launch Windows applications directly from the Flash Drive. Is this a correct understanding?
I am a Mac user primarily but I develop websites so I keep some old Windows based systems to test with. I test in Windows XP, XP Pro, Vista and 7. I have Mac’s that still run OS 8 & 9 plus OS 10.2.
10.3 10.5 and 10.6. The U3 system is more of an annoyance because I primarily use the flash drive to store back up data. However, I do run my Mac based accounting system (formerly MYOB AccountEdge now Acclivity) from a flash drive. Does the Mac’s require the U3 system to run applications from it? As far as I can tell this is strictly for Windows.
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Jon I just bought 2 of these (2 GB for the wife; 4 gig for me – you know how it is). The PC site gives you three options – one for initial use of the drive. On the 2 GB, the U3 pre-loaded without giving me the option to opt out at set-up. So I went to the option where you choose Settings, Uninstall, Reformat – worked like a champ.
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Since I haven’t used the drive before, there was no data to back up. The 4 GB did give me the option to not install the U3 but it left the junk on the drive. Installed the U3 then went through the uninstall / reformat routine and it cleared away the Reinstall app. Thanks for having the info available.