foobar2000

Version tested: 2.1.5 Installer type: .exe official installer from foobar2000.org

📦 Package Managers

Manager	Install Command
winget	`winget install PeterPawlowski.foobar2000`
Chocolatey	`choco install foobar2000`
Scoop	`scoop install foobar2000`

📁 Registry Paths

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\foobar2000
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\foobar2000 (foobar2000:// URI handler)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3, .flac, .ogg (file associations when set as default)

🔑 Keys

Uninstall entry (`HKLM\...\Uninstall\foobar2000`)

Key Name	Type	Description
`DisplayName`	`REG_SZ`	`foobar2000 v2.1.5`
`DisplayVersion`	`REG_SZ`	Installed version (e.g., `2.1.5`)
`DisplayIcon`	`REG_SZ`	Path to `foobar2000.exe`
`InstallLocation`	`REG_SZ`	Root installation directory
`Publisher`	`REG_SZ`	`Peter Pawlowski`
`UninstallString`	`REG_SZ`	Path to the NSIS uninstaller
`NoModify`	`REG_DWORD`	`1` — no modify button in ARP

URI handler (`HKCR\foobar2000`)

Key Path	Type	Description
`(Default)`	`REG_SZ`	`URL:foobar2000 media player`
`URL Protocol`	`REG_SZ`	Empty string — marks key as URL protocol handler
`shell\open\command\(Default)`	`REG_SZ`	`"C:\...\foobar2000.exe" "%1"`

Audio file associations (`HKCR\.flac`, `.mp3`, etc.)

Key Path	Type	Description
`HKCR\.flac\(Default)`	`REG_SZ`	ProgID pointer (e.g., `foobar2000.flac`) when foobar2000 is set as default
`HKCR\foobar2000.flac\shell\open\command\(Default)`	`REG_SZ`	`"C:\...\foobar2000.exe" "%1"`

Common registered extensions when set as default player: .mp3, .flac, .ogg, .opus, .aac, .m4a, .wav, .ape, .wv, .mpc.

📝 Notes

foobar2000 stores all user configuration (library, playlists, component settings, DSP chain) in %APPDATA%\foobar2000-v2\ (or %APPDATA%\foobar2000\ for older versions).
The portable version stores all configuration in the installation directory and creates no registry entries at all — not even the uninstall entry.
foobar2000's component system (third-party audio codecs, DSP plugins) installs DLLs to %APPDATA%\foobar2000-v2\user-components\ — no registry per component.
File associations are only registered when foobar2000 is explicitly set as the default player during installation or via Preferences → Shell Integration.

🗑️ Cleanup

Get-ChildItem "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" |
  Where-Object { $_.GetValue("DisplayName") -like "foobar2000*" } |
  ForEach-Object { Remove-Item $_.PSPath -Recurse -Force }

Remove-Item -Path "HKCR:\foobar2000"  -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue