Acer Product Registration
What is Acer Product Registration?
Acer Product Registration is a program that is pre-installed with Acer laptops. If the laptop has not yet been registered with Acer it will periodically popup and promt the user to register. It runs as a scheduled task or service (depending on the version).
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Overview
The most used version is 3.0.0.10, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is ProductReg.exe. The software installer includes 13 files and is usually about 5.88 MB (6,168,213 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.acer.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Acer\WR_PopUp
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{DA20E1A8-07CB-4EE7-9B72-A7E28C953F0E}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly
Estimated size: 5.88 MB
Language: English
Files installed by Acer Product Registration
| Program executable: | ProductReg.exe |
| Name: | ProductR Application |
| ProductR Application |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\Acer\WR_PopUp\ProductReg.exe |
| MD5: | 3ebfe205f79ca1c5df01e85436427278 |
Additional files:
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Acer.Empowering.Windows.Forms.dll (by acer inc) - Acer Empowering UI Components (AcerEmpoweringUI)
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ProductReg.exe - ProductR Application
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AcerRegTool.exe - AcerRegTool
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DataHandler.dll - DataHandler
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UnWinRegNTUser.exe
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WinRegNTUser.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- ProductReg.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ProductReg' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Acer\WR_PopUp\ProductReg.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
- ProductReg.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'ProductReg' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Acer\WR_PopUp\ProductReg.exe".
How do I remove Acer Product Registration?
You can uninstall Acer Product Registration from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Acer Product Registration, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Acer Product Registration.
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #6,178
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows Vista |
70.26% |
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| Windows 7 |
21.50% |
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| Windows XP |
5.29% |
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| Windows 10 |
2.95% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
59.61% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
19.99% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
9.44% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.51% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
2.08% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
1.73% |
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Geography
22.22% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
| Germany |
22.22% |
| United Kingdom |
19.08% |
| France |
11.11% |
| Italy |
8.18% |
| Belgium |
5.17% |
| Netherlands |
4.47% |
| Spain |
4.19% |
| United States |
3.28% |
| Sweden |
2.94% |
| Finland |
2.80% |
| Norway |
2.52% |
| DK |
1.54% |
| Portugal |
1.47% |
| Switzerland |
1.26% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
99.86% |
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| Dell |
0.14% |
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Common models |
| Acer Aspire 5738 |
18.96% |
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| Acer Aspire 7735 |
5.15% |
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| Acer Aspire 5735 |
4.58% |
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| Acer Aspire 5810T |
4.51% |
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| Acer Aspire 5536 |
4.08% |
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| Acer Aspire 7738 |
3.79% |
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About Acer
Acer is a Taiwanese hardware and electronics corporation whose products include desktop and laptop computer PCs, tablet computers, servers, storage devices, displays, smartphones and peripherals.
Publisher URL: www.acer.com