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Should I remove Charter TV Player?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
26% remove it74% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #17,790
United States Rank #8,522
Reach 0.0136%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 12.29 days
362.68 days >
Average installed length: 190.56 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
6.6 22.76%
5.13 27.99%
5.11 16.04%
5.1 8.96%
4.12 24.25%

Charter TV Player

Overview

Charter TV Player is a program developed by Charter Communications. The most used version is 5.13, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is NDSPCShowServer.exe. The software installer includes 46 files and is usually about 43.13 MB (45,227,712 bytes). The program uses the GLib GNOME library. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). The distribution of this has mostly been seen in the United States.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.myaccount.charter.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Charter\Charter TV Player\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{c9ca25aa-aa3a-4b61-ad9f-070a2ed1a082}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 43.13 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Charter TV Player

Program executable:NDSPCShowServer.exe
Name:Charter TV Player
Path:C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Charter\Charter TV Player\NDSPCShowServer.exe
MD5:99443542ed8f66979ee877d6bafe1cbf
Additional files:
  • libcef.dll - Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Dynamic Link Library
  • StatusListenerRepository.dll - StatusListenerRepository Dynamic Link Library
  • libGLESv2.dll - ANGLE libGLESv2 Dynamic Link Library
  • DrmSingleton.dll - DrmSingleton Dynamic Link Library
  • libEGL.dll - ANGLE libEGL Dynamic Link Library
  • PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe (by Cisco) - PC Show power management wrapper
  • ndsLogStore.dll - ndsLogSt Dynamic Link Library
  • CaptureServer.exe (by Cisco) - Cisco VGDRM Capture Server (CaptureServer)
  • CaptureServer64.exe
  • NDSPCShowServer.exe - Charter TV Player
  • libglib-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GLib
  • libgmodule-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GModule
  • libgobject-2.0-0.dll - GObject
  • libgthread-2.0-0.dll - GThread
  • z.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
  • DiscoveryManager.dll
  • gstccplugin.dll
  • GstSrcPlugin.dll
  • gsttspplugin.dll
  • libgstapp.dll
  • libgstapp-0.10.dll
  • libgstaudio-0.10.dll
  • libgstaudioconvert.dll
  • libgstaudioresample.dll
  • libgstbase-0.10.dll
  • libgstcontroller-0.10.dll
  • libgstcoreelements.dll
  • libgstdirectsound.dll
  • libgstdshowvideosink.dll
  • libgstinterfaces-0.10.dll
  • libgstreamer-0.10.dll
  • libgstvideo-0.10.dll
  • libgstvolume.dll
  • liborc-0.4-0.dll
  • libxml2-2.dll
  • PCShowServer.dll
  • PlayerCore.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)
  • PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PCShowServerCHARTER' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Charter\Charter TV Player\PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'PCShowServerCHARTER' which loads as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Charter\Charter TV Player\PCShowServerPMWrapper.exe".

How do I remove Charter TV Player?

You can uninstall Charter TV Player 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 Charter TV Player, 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 Charter TV Player.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 73%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 26%
Keep it 74%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 72.76%
Windows 7 23.51%
Windows Vista 2.99%
Windows XP 0.75%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 47.19%
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.23%
Windows 8.1 12.36%
Windows 10 Pro 10.11%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 2.62%
Windows 7 Professional 2.62%

Distribution by countryGeography

100.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 100.00%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 41.54%
Dell 26.15%
Toshiba 11.79%
Lenovo 8.21%
Acer 5.13%
ASUS 5.13%
GIGABYTE 2.05%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.87%
HP Pavilion 17 Notebook P... 3.23%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.23%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.58%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655D 2.58%
Dell Inspiron 1545 1.94%

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