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Should I remove Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
10% remove it90% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,820
United States Rank #11,171
Reach 0.0523%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 97.34 days
959.28 days >
Average installed length: 504.03 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
v6.76 0.10%
6.8 0.29%
6.77.4280 1.75%
6.7.7 50.19%
6.7.6 22.62%
6.7.5 14.47%
6.7.1 2.91%
6.7.0 1.17%
6.6.1 4.47%
6.6.0 2.04%

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Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE

What is Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE?

Ashampoo Burning Studio is an optical disc authoring program that it is simple, lightweight, and very easy to use. It is capable of creating compilations of CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and disc images. It also allows the creation of DVD movies from video files.

About  (from Ashampoo)

The Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE keeps all the advantages of its predecessor and adds multi-disc file backup, an integrated audio CD ripper and further improved support for the exciting new Blu-ray format with capacities of up to 25 gigabytes per layer.

Many users are tired of over-complicated CD burning appli...  Read more

Overview

The most common release is 6.7.7, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named burningstudio.exe. The setup package generally installs about 16 files and is usually about 29.53 MB (30,959,797 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.ashampoo.com
Help link: www.ashampoo.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 29.53 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE

Program executable:burningstudio.exe
Name:ashampoo Technology GmbH & Co. KG
Burning Studio 6 Free
Path:C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE\burningstudio.exe
MD5:2a4c45510721bee4fc486d1079360cca
(From the publisher) “Ashampoo Burning Studio Elements offers you everything you need to burn movies, music and data - fast and effectively. The software with the intuitive user interface focuses on the core competencies of burning software...”
Additional files:
  • BRNTCDAU.dll - Shortcut (Unicode) Dynamic Link Library (Shortcut DLL (Unicode))
  • acdw.dll - ashampoo Optical Disc Library
  • CancelAutoplay.exe - Shortcut CancelAutoplay
  • ashDriverSetup.exe - ashDriverSetup
  • 0710_remove.exe - Ashampoo Removal Tool
  • ash_spti.dll - ASPI Emulator
  • ash_inet.dll - ash_inet
  • AcdwFlac.dll
  • AcdwVorbis.dll
  • AcdwWMA.dll
  • ash_UpdateMediator.exe
  • DecMPA.dll
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • unins001.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • burningstudio.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'ASHAshampoo_Burning_Studio_6RIPONARRIVAL' with the ProgID of 'Ashampoo.BurningStudio6' and the action verb 'autoplay-rip.
Scheduled Task
  • burningstudio.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F27C7CA4-41C2-4667-8C27-72CE277D18C4}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • burningstudio.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE\burningstudio.exe'.

How do I remove Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE?

You can uninstall Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE 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 Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE, 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 Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 52%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 10%
Keep it 90%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#7,820

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.68%
Windows XP 19.59%
Windows Vista 12.71%
Windows 10 9.02%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 29.42%
Microsoft Windows XP 19.65%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.93%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 9.97%
Windows 7 Professional 9.78%
Windows 10 Home 2.54%

Distribution by countryGeography

26.23% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 26.23%
  Germany 16.49%
  Czech Republic 5.18%
  Italy 3.68%
  United Kingdom 3.33%
  Canada 3.07%
  Hungary 2.72%
  Russia 2.37%
  Australia 2.28%
  Croatia 2.28%
  Poland 2.28%
  France 1.93%
  Israel 1.75%
  Netherlands 1.67%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 21.42%
Acer 20.86%
Hewlett-Packard 20.11%
GIGABYTE 13.22%
Toshiba 8.19%
ASUS 4.84%
Intel 4.10%
American Megatrends 2.98%
Medion 1.68%
Lenovo 1.49%
Sahara 1.12%
Common models
MEDIONPC MS-7646 2.89%
MEDIONPC MS-7366 2.89%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.48%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.48%
Hewlett-Packard Compaq Pr... 2.07%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.07%

About Ashampoo

Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG is a computer software company based in Oldenburg, Germany. They are best known for Ashampoo Burning Studio and Ashampoo WinOptimizer.
Publisher URL: www.ashampoo.com

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