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Should I remove Amazon Music?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #761
United States Rank #465
Reach 0.9006%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 15.14 days
446.65 days >
Average installed length: 234.68 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
7.8.7.2132 0.04%
7.8.6.2126 0.02%
7.8.4.2118 0.01%
7.8.3.2109 0.01%
7.8.2.2104 0.01%
7.7.0.1903 0.01%
7.6.0.1902 0.01%
7.5.1.1828 0.01%
7.3.2.1595 0.02%
7.3.0.1586 0.01%
7.2.3.1567 0.02%
7.2.2.1558 0.01%
7.2.1.1554 0.01%
7.1.1.1546 0.01%
6.8.1.1388 0.01%
6.8.0.1378 0.01%
6.7.1.1366 0.07%
6.6.1.1350 0.24%
6.6.0.1343 0.10%
6.5.1.1332 0.16%
6.5.0.1329 0.02%
6.4.0.1321 0.46%
6.3.4.1269 0.43%
6.3.2.1265 0.11%
6.3.1.1260 0.17%
6.3.0.1257 0.15%
6.2.0.1220 0.87%
6.1.5.1213 0.20%
6.1.4.1205 0.18%
6.1.3.1192 0.10%
6.1.2.1185 0.04%
6.1.1.1181 0.02%
6.1.0.1177 0.02%
6.0.1.1166 0.20%
6.0.0.1152 0.04%
5.6.2.1097 0.23%
5.6.1.1094 0.17%
5.6.0.1081 0.24%
5.5.1.1028 0.39%
5.5.0.1023 0.06%
5.4.2.1801 0.95%
5.4.1.1786 0.43%
5.4.0.1779 0.17%
5.3.6.1743 0.76%
5.3.5.1704 1.06%
5.3.4.1688 0.07%
5.3.3.1671 0.63%
5.3.2.1634 0.99%
5.3.0.1625 0.15%
5.2.2.1608 0.39%
5.2.0.1602 0.14%
89 versions

Typically installed together

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Amazon Music

What is Amazon Music?  (from Amazon Services)

You can also use the Amazon Music app to access music already stored on your computer, to save digital music to iTunes and Windows Media Player, or to shop for new music from the Digital Music Store. When you purchase Digital Music from Amazon on your computer, you may be prompted to open or save an .amz file when you ...  Read more

Overview

Amazon Music is a software program developed by Amazon Services. The most common release is 5.3.5.1704, with over 7% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The primary executable is named amazon music.exe. The setup package generally installs about 27 files and is usually about 139.13 MB (145,885,280 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 68% of users of Amazon Music come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201376340
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\amazon music
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Amazon Music\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 139.13 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Amazon Music

Program executable:amazon music.exe
Name:Amazon Music
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\amazon music\amazon music.exe
MD5:6930de91d81cb16d81c83db7641a53db
Additional files:
  • Amazon Music Helper.exe - Amazon Music Helper
  • Amazon Music Migrator.exe
  • libcef.dll - Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Dynamic Link Library
  • libGLESv2.dll - ANGLE libGLESv2 Dynamic Link Library
  • libEGL.dll - ANGLE libEGL Dynamic Link Library
  • Uninstall.exe - Amazon Music
  • bass.dll (by Un4seen Developments) - BASS
  • bass_aac.dll (by MaresWEB) - Advanced Audio Coding and MPEG-4 add-on for the BASS library
  • bass_alac.dll (by MaresWEB) - Apple Lossless Audio Codec add-on for the BASS library
  • bassflac.dll (by Un4seen Developments) - BASSFLAC
  • bassopus.dll - BASSOPUS
  • basswma.dll - BASSWMA
  • cd_helper.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Amazon Music.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E00C6C59-58B1-4577-9CE4-95A4CFE94532}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Amazon Music Helper.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Amazon Music Helper_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-3143819841-1347795103-3391332510-1001.
2 Startup Files (User Run)
  • Amazon Music Helper.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Amazon Music' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Amazon Music\Amazon Music Helper.exe".
  • Amazon Music.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Amazon Music' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Amazon Music\Amazon Music.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Amazon Music Helper.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Amazon Music' which loads as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Amazon Music\Amazon Music Helper.exe".

How do I remove Amazon Music?

You can uninstall Amazon Music 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 Music, 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 Music.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 54%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 54.28%
Windows 7 41.54%
Windows Vista 3.10%
Windows XP 1.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 28.78%
Windows 10 Home 23.91%
Windows 8.1 15.43%
Windows 7 Professional 8.47%
Windows 10 Pro 7.84%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.68%

Distribution by countryGeography

67.84% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 67.84%
  Germany 17.07%
  United Kingdom 9.45%
  France 1.64%
  Austria 1.17%
  Italy 1.10%
  Japan 0.26%
  Netherlands 0.22%
  Spain 0.21%
  Switzerland 0.17%
  Canada 0.10%
  Australia 0.04%
  Mexico 0.04%
  PR 0.04%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 27.53%
Dell 24.51%
Acer 13.86%
ASUS 8.36%
Toshiba 7.00%
Lenovo 5.36%
Medion 4.23%
Samsung 4.08%
GIGABYTE 3.60%
Intel 0.80%
MSI 0.67%
Common models
ASUS All Series 5.03%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 4.03%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.68%
Dell XPS 8700 3.60%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.47%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.89%

About Amazon Services

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational electronic commerce company.
Publisher URL: www.amazonservices.com

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