Should I remove Giants DeskSite?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

63% remove it37% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Fair

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0002%

Versions

Version	Distribution
16.05.22.02	33.33%
13.11.7.1	66.67%

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Giants DeskSite

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What is Giants DeskSite? (from DeskSite)

After you install the app, a special Giants icon will appear on your desktop. Whenever a new video arrives, you will hear a brief audio alert, and the word “NEW” will appear across the icon. Double-click the icon to open the app. Videos are only downloaded when you’re not actively utilizing your Internet connection. Th... Read more

Overview

Giants DeskSite is a software program developed by DeskSite. The most common release is 13.11.7.1, with over 98% 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. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 8 files and is usually about 884 KB (905,216 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. Most users that have installed this software come from the United States.

Automatically starts with Windows

Program details

URL: www.giants.com/videos/desksite.html

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\DeskSite Software\Giants DeskSite\

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{CEF4A8F2-26F3-435E-8C29-7E1903AF5B74}

(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)

Estimated size: 884 KB

Language: English (United States)

Files installed by Giants DeskSite

Giants Desksite.exe - Giants DeskSite (Giants Desksite)
GiantsTray.exe - Giants Tray
DSutils.dll - DSutils

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)

GiantsTray.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'GiantsTray' which loads as C:\Program Files\DeskSite Software\Giants DeskSite\GiantsTray.exe.

How do I remove Giants DeskSite?

You can uninstall Giants DeskSite from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

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.

When you find the program Giants DeskSite, 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).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Giants DeskSite.
If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.