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Bins

What is Bins?  (from 1UP Industries)

ombine related icons on your Windows 7 or Windows 8 taskbar with Bins™. To use Bins, drag one icon on top of another and drop into the bubble that appears. To ungroup, drag the icon back to the taskbar. Bins is simple and intuitive. Mouseover a group's icon and its Bin container will appear instantly for launching app...  Read more

Overview

Bins is a software program developed by 1UP Industries. 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 bins.exe. The setup package generally installs about 31 files and is usually about 13.61 MB (14,272,960 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 67% of users of Bins come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.1upindustries.com/bins
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\1UPIndustries\Bins
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\1UPIndustries\Bins\v1.1.0.236\Bins.exe" /uninstall2
Estimated size: 13.61 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Bins

Program executable:bins.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\1upindustries\bins\v1.1.0.236\bins.exe
MD5:940fac2572441ab350376701700b9b2d
Additional files:
  • BinsSettings.exe - Bins (Bins Settings)
  • BinsLauncher.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Bins.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Bins-UAC-Helper'.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • BinsLauncher.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Bins' which loads as "C:\Program Files\1UPIndustries\Bins\BinsLauncher.exe" /startup.

How do I remove Bins?

You can uninstall Bins 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 Bins, 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 Bins.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win 7 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 55.64%
Windows 10 44.36%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.39%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.63%
Windows 7 Professional 12.50%
Windows 8.1 9.77%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.25%
Windows 10 Pro 5.47%

Distribution by countryGeography

66.67% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 66.67%
  Germany 4.55%
  United Kingdom 4.55%
  France 3.03%
  Canada 3.03%
  Australia 2.42%
  Switzerland 1.82%
  Netherlands 1.21%
  Italy 1.21%
  Norway 0.91%
  Japan 0.91%
  DK 0.91%
  South Africa 0.61%
  Thailand 0.61%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.10%
Dell 20.26%
ASUS 11.76%
Acer 11.76%
GIGABYTE 8.50%
Lenovo 7.84%
Toshiba 3.27%
MSI 2.61%
Intel 1.96%
Apple 1.31%
Medion 1.31%
Samsung 1.31%
Common models
ASUS All Series 5.84%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 5.11%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 4.38%
HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC 3.65%
Gateway DX4870 2.19%
ASUSTeK G75VW 2.19%

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