Uninstalling Midi Quest

The following instructions are provided for removing Midi Quest from your hard drive for any reason including upgrading to a new or different version of Midi Quest. In the instructions below there will be references to "Midi Quest" folders. On your hard drive, the name will vary based on the version of Midi Quest that is installed: Midi Quest, Midi Quest Pro, or Midi Quest Essentials.

Windows Uninstall

Midi Quest can be uninstalled using two methods.

Method 1

Click the Start button
Click All Programs to display all programs
Navigate to the Sound Quest folder and click on it
Navigate to the Midi Quest sub folder and click on it
Select the option Uninstall Midi Quest and follow the prompts

Method 2

Click the Start button
Select Control Panel to open it
Choose the panel application for managing programs (name will vary depending on the version of Windows)
Select the option to uninstall Midi Quest

Both methods above do not remove SysEx files or instrument files. SysEx files can be found in your user documents folder under Sound Quest and Midi Quest. If you choose to delete instrument files (detailed below) then any file with an .SQ9 or .SQW extension in the Midi Quest folder should also be deleted.

Instrument modules and a number of other program related files are stored in the user area. (Note: the instructions below are for Windows 7, 8 & 10. The location for Windows XP and Vista will be different)

Open File Explorer and select the C: drive
Open the Users folder
Find your user name and open it
Open the AppData folder (if this folder is not visible you will need to reconfigure Windows to display hidden folders)
Open the Roaming folder
Open the Sound Quest folder
Delete the MidiQuest folder and all of its subfolders

Midi Quest makes one set of entries in the Windows registry if you wish to delete them. Open the registry with RegEdit.exe and go to

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Sound Quest

in the registry. Select either "Sound Quest" or "Sound Quest/Midi Quest" in the left column and press the delete key on the computer keyboard. Confirm deletion of the entries to delete them.

Midi Quest data files are stored in "<Documents>\Sound Quest\MidiQuest" if you wish to delete them as well. If the instrument modules have been deleted then, at minimum, any file ending in .SQ9 should also be deleted.

Macintosh Uninstall

Macintosh does not have a standardized application removal system so the following actions must be taken.

(Note: depending on your version of OSX, Apple may have chosen to hide the Library folders. Instructions for displaying the Library folder appropriate to your OS version can be found on the internet.)

Put the Midi Quest application in the Trash (Midi Quest is found in the applications folder)

Go to root of your main hard drive (usually called Macintosh HD)
Find the Library folder and open it
Find the Application Support folder and open it
Find the Sound Quest folder open it
Find the MidiQuest folder and put it in the Trash

Go to your user folder
Find the Library folder and open it (The Library folder is hidden by default - click on the "Go" menu, hold down the "Alt" key, choose "Library" from the list or hold down the key command <cmd+shift>)
Find the Application Support folder and open it
Find the Sound Quest folder and open it
Find the MidiQuest folder and put it in the Trash

Return to your user folder
Find the Library folder and open it
Find the Preferences folder and open it
Find Sound Quest Preferences.ini and put it in the Trash
Find Sound Quest Win.ini and put it in the Trash
Find the Sound Quest folder and open it
Find the MidiQuest folder and put it in the Trash
 
Return to your user folder
Find the Documents folder and open it
Find the Sound Quest folder and open it
Find the Midi Quest folder and, at minimum put all files with the .SQ9 and .SQW extensions in the Trash
If desired place the entire Midi Quest folder in the Trash (Not recommended as this will delete all of your SysEx files)

Finally, empty the Trash to delete all of the files.
 

Congratulations, you have now removed Midi Quest from your hard drive