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Should I remove Amazon Drive?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,211
United States Rank #3,964
Reach 0.0588%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.05 days
148.97 days >
Average installed length: 78.27 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.4.3 0.43%
5.4.1 2.25%
5.3.2 3.71%
5.3.0 0.43%
5.2.4 1.12%
5.2.3 2.07%
5.2.2 0.09%
5.2.0 1.47%
5.1.1 4.15%
5.1.0 0.17%
5.0.11 7.34%
5.0.10 0.78%
5.0.9 0.17%
5.0.8 0.43%
5.0.7 0.09%
5.0.4 0.09%
4.0.20 2.07%
4.0.19 0.26%
4.0.18 0.26%
4.0.16 3.80%
4.0.15 0.95%
4.0.14 0.09%
4.0.13 2.07%
4.0.12 0.17%
4.0.10 7.51%
4.0.9 2.94%
4.0.8 0.17%
4.0.7 8.29%
4.0.6.86 1.12%
4.0.5.85 1.04%
4.0.4.81 2.85%
4.0.3.80 0.86%
4.0.2.79 0.86%
4.0.1.76 0.09%
4.0.0.75 0.09%
3.7.1.70 4.92%
3.7.0.69 0.60%
3.6.4.65 13.56%
3.6.1.62 3.54%
3.6.0.60 0.26%
3.5.5.56 11.74%
3.5.4.54 1.64%
3.5.3.52 0.52%
3.5.2.48 1.47%
3.5.1.46 0.86%
3.5.0.44 0.60%

Amazon Drive

Overview

Amazon Drive is a software program developed by Amazon.com. The most common release is 3.6.4.65, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. The primary executable is named amazondrive.exe. The setup package generally installs about 55 files and is usually about 102.26 MB (107,228,665 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 83% of users of Amazon Drive come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.amazon.com/clouddrive
Help link: www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201376330
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Amazon Drive
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Amazon Drive\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 102.26 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Amazon Drive

Program executable:amazondrive.exe
Name:Amazon Drive
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\amazon drive\amazondrive.exe
MD5:72c737d32c96501cafb2e79a7c5849df
Additional files:
  • libcef.dll - Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Dynamic Link Library
  • libGLESv2.dll - ANGLE libGLESv2 Dynamic Link Library
  • libEGL.dll - ANGLE libEGL Dynamic Link Library
  • JetBrains.Annotations.dll (by JetBrains) - JetBrains .NET Platform (JetBrains ReSharper Code Annotations)
  • Amazon.Auth.Map.dll - Amazon.Auth.Map.Win
  • ReactiveUI.dll - ReactiveUI
  • CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (by The CefSharp Authors) - CefSharp (CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess)
  • CefSharp.dll (by The CefSharp Authors)
  • CefSharp.Wpf.dll - CefSharp.Wpf
  • Autofac.dll (by Autofac Project - http://autofac.org) - Autofac
  • Serilog.dll (by Serilog Contributors) - Serilog
  • Splat.dll - Splat
  • CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.Core.dll
  • CefSharp.Core.dll
  • Mono.Options.dll - Mono.Options

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • AmazonDrive.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Amazon Drive_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-994981109-1285132069-3244034456-1001.
Startup File (User Run)
  • AmazonDrive.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Amazon Drive' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Amazon Drive\AmazonDrive.exe" --source-autostart.
Startup File (User Run Once)
  • AmazonDrive.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #1' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Amazon Drive\AmazonDrive.exe.

How do I remove Amazon Drive?

You can uninstall Amazon Drive from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program Amazon Drive, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Amazon Drive.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 88%
Win 7 (SP1) 12%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 87.65%
Windows 7 12.35%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 56.53%
Windows 10 Pro 25.41%
Windows 7 Home Premium 6.05%
Windows 7 Professional 4.84%
Windows 8.1 1.64%
Windows 7 Ultimate 0.95%

Distribution by countryGeography

83.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 83.00%
  Germany 4.65%
  United Kingdom 4.26%
  Italy 3.93%
  France 1.61%
  Spain 0.44%
  Canada 0.39%
  Austria 0.33%
  Netherlands 0.28%
  Japan 0.22%
  Australia 0.11%
  Czech Republic 0.06%
  DK 0.06%
  Dominican Republic 0.06%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 31.52%
Dell 28.06%
ASUS 10.37%
Acer 10.24%
Lenovo 6.65%
Toshiba 5.85%
GIGABYTE 3.46%
Samsung 1.33%
Apple 0.80%
Medion 0.80%
Alienware 0.53%
Intel 0.40%
Common models
ASUS All Series 7.86%
Dell Inspiron 3847 4.34%
HP HP Notebook 3.52%
Dell XPS 8700 3.25%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.71%
HP HP Pavilion Notebook 2.44%

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