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Should I remove Audacity Editor?

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3% remove it97% keep it
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2.0.3 100.00%

Audacity Editor

What is Audacity Editor?  (from Audacity Team)

Audacity is an open source, cross-platform audio editor and recorder. Audacity can record and play sounds and import and export WAV, AIFF, MP3, and OGG files. Edit your sounds using cut, copy, and paste features (with unlimited undo functionality), mix tracks, or apply effects to your recordings. Audacity also has a bu...  Read more

Overview

Audacity Editor is a program developed by Audacity Team. 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 programs's main executable is audacity.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 28.88 MB of memory. The software installer includes 9 files. A majority of the PCs this is running on, most OS versions are Windows 7 (SP1). While about 83% of users of Audacity Editor come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: audacity.sourceforge.net
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Audacity\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Audacity\unins000.exe"

Program filesFiles installed by Audacity Editor

Program executable:audacity.exe
Name:Audacity®
Audacity®, the Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
Path:C:\Program Files\audacity\audacity.exe
MD5:ad05e2f1180d23fcb412d53102a447e8
Additional files:
  • wxbase28u_net_vc_custom.dll (by wxWidgets development team) - wxWidgets (wxWidgets for MSW)
  • wxbase28u_vc_custom.dll (by wxWidgets development team)
  • wxmsw28u_adv_vc_custom.dll
  • wxmsw28u_core_vc_custom.dll
  • wxmsw28u_html_vc_custom.dll
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • msvcp90.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 (Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library)
  • msvcr90.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® C Runtime Library

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • audacity.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{07CE810B-F35C-48EB-9207-C6B9A7946F5C}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • audacity.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Audacity\audacity.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

audacity.exe
Memory:28.88 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0013568908%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00100216%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00035474%
0.015104% average

How do I remove Audacity Editor?

You can uninstall Audacity Editor 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 Audacity Editor, 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 Audacity Editor.

USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
MOST USED OS
~99%
Windows 7 (SP1)
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
83.33%
United States

Distribution by countryGeography

83.33% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 83.33%
  Canada 16.67%

About Audacity Team

Audacity was started by Dominic Mazzoni and Roger Dannenberg at Carnegie Mellon University and was released as open-source software at SourceForge.net in 2000.
Publisher URL: web.audacityteam.org

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ChillyWillyover a year ago
Greatest audio editing software.