Comments on: Disable, Remove and Uninstall U3 Launchpad

By: Karthi

Karthi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:47:05 +0000

I was using a 2gb sandisk flash drive
i had customised my Drive using U3 customizer to the fullest satisfaction.
unfortunately i lost it
so i bought a 4 GB U3 flash drive now
By using the U3 customizer, I am unable to customize the flash drive.
Message ” You need to free 11mb on the flash drive to customize the flash drive”

kindly help me

By: Jones-z

Jones-z — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:15:45 +0000

I want to first of all say if you do uninstall the u3 software it is NOT forever gone. You CAN get the u3 software from sandisk’s site and install it back on your u3 compatible flash drive [Sandisk] at: http://drivers1.sandisk.com/DriverDownload/assets/USB%20Flash%20Drives/LPInstaller.zip …I should know ‘cuz I’ve taken it off and installed it again more times than I should. The only reason I like u3 is for the password protection, otherwise it’s a piece of crap and it takes too much system resources to run it on my old laptop. Otherwise the flash drive is great. Anotherway of uninstalling it -MAYBE- is formatting it through CMD and to do that open up CMD and type [ format/x ?: ] and “?” being the drive letter of the u3 flashdrive but if this works, it’ll erase everything on the flashdrive!! Hope this helped…

By: umm

umm — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:53:47 +0000

The link to the software is now dead. You can get it here:

http://hk-ie.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1415

it’s actually sandisk’s own removal tool for the software so this guy here just nicked it and claimed credit… and doesn’t maintain his links… and doesn’t afraid of anything.

you’re welcome.

By: smokenfireball

smokenfireball — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:19:48 +0000

Both links for the U3 removal are dead, page not found. Any other suggestions on getting rid of this obnoxious software?

By: Moe

Moe — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:50:56 +0000

thank you! very straight forward.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:32:22 +0000

First of all thanks for the tip.
To SanDisk: I didn’t buy the memory stick to get software, I bought the memory stick so I could store data on it. That I have to jump through hoops and remove software in order to use the memory stick as a simple USB drive is simply NOT what I wanted. Smarten up.
I’ll not be buying any Sandisk products in the future. One customer lost forever.

By: dolloch

dolloch — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:06:28 +0000

God bless you, you saint! A remember a few years ago I had searched for some way to rid my drive of this nonsense, but ran around in circles. What a difference a little time makes! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

By: David

David — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:19:57 +0000

Hi, anybody here did notice about persistence of Launchpad H3 .

There is some ‘buil in’ or it installed on Vista that even formating the USB to use it
H3 can be seen as a new letter drive and ’shared folders’ icon.

Did a full format to get an USB boot of Linux for kids which is called SoaS (Sugar on a Stick , Linux for kids from SugarLabs.org).

I got formatted and got a Linux bootable USB, but still see Launchpad ‘from the air’ with Launchpad.exe on a ‘extra virtual CD drive’ with Launchpad so it can be re-installed agian.

Invasive eh ?

Any hint will be appreaciated.

David

Happened even after had to re-formatted at low speed (quick format didn’t work),

By: euon

euon — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:57:52 +0000

thank you very much for this tip and link. i’ve been trying to find a way to avoid this autorun.inf u3 foolishness for at least a month. much appreciation.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:35:44 +0000

when i download the uninstaller and double click it nothing happens, i see 2 launchpad removals in my processes but it doesnt do anything

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:23:39 +0000

Your wrong! You can re-install the U3 software

By: Flossy

Flossy — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:39:37 +0000

So this means that if same U3 flash drive has been installed on two PCs, U3 can be removed from only one of them because the flash drive will no longer have U3 on it. Therefore it cannot be used to remove U3 from 2nd PC.

How to remove remaining U3 stuff from 2nd PC without purchasing a new U3 flash drive for doing this?

By: carlos g_ramos

carlos g_ramos — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:06:22 +0000

i have a 16 gb sandisk crusier flashdrive i been realy looking forward to get rid of u3… thanks to this website now i can plug it into my xbox360 and play music off of it ……. since U3 it’s useless and did not work with my 360
if anyone has any cool apps for my pendrive like portable OS please post it !!!!

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By: Xotame

Xotame — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:51:08 +0000

It’s perfectly easy to reinstall U3 Launchpad…Look for a program called U3 Customizer or look for a U3 Reinstaller…They say it’s impossible to make money out of you.
Legality or the aforementioned programs not guaranteed.

By: haha

haha — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:36:01 +0000

haha, got rid of this useless s**t