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What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
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Media Center 14

What is Media Center 14?  (from J. River)

JRiver Media Center offers the highest quality video available. And it plays everything, without any setup required. MC's Red October DirectShow support is the benchmark of the industry. Video comes in a lot of packages. DVD and Blu-ray*, streaming video from Netflix or Hulu, Youtube clips and movies, and so on. JRiver...  Read more

Overview

Media Center 14 is a software program developed by J. River. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. The setup package generally installs about 14 files. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows Vista (SP2). While about 68% of users of Media Center 14 come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.jrmediacenter.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 14\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 14\JRMediaUninstall.exe

Program filesFiles installed by Media Center 14

  • JRMediaUninstall.exe - J. River Media Uninstall Application
  • JRShellExt.dll - JRShellExt Dynamic Link Library (JRShellExt DLL)
  • PackageInstaller.exe - Package Installer
  • JRService.exe - J. River service
  • JRPlayer.dll - J. River Player
  • JRDisc.dll - J. River Disc
  • Media Center 14.exe - Media Center
  • Media Editor.exe - Media Editor
  • JRTools.dll - J. River Tools Core
  • CDLabeler.exe - CDLabeler
  • JRReader.dll - JRReader
  • JRImage.dll - JRImage (J. River Image Core)
  • JRWMFactory.dll
  • JRWorker.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • Media Center 14.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'JRBurnCDOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'MediaCenter.14.BurnCD' and the action verb 'Burn.
Service
  • JRService.exe runs as a service named 'Media Center 14 Service' (Media Center 14 Service) "Support media functionality like infrared remote controls, etc.".

How do I remove Media Center 14?

You can uninstall Media Center 14 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 Media Center 14, 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 Media Center 14.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win XP 5%
 
HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 60.00%
Windows Vista 20.00%
Windows 10 15.00%
Windows XP 5.00%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 40.00%
Windows 7 Professional 15.00%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 15.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro 10.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 5.00%

Distribution by countryGeography

67.57% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 67.57%
  Canada 8.11%
  Germany 5.41%
  Belgium 2.70%
  Ecuador 2.70%
  France 2.70%
  United Kingdom 2.70%
  Netherlands 2.70%
  Norway 2.70%
  Saudi Arabia 2.70%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS 23.08%
Hewlett-Packard 23.08%
Acer 23.08%
Samsung 7.69%
Lenovo 7.69%
Gateway 7.69%
American Megatrends 7.69%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 11.11%
VIZIO CT14 5.56%
Samsung R510 5.56%
Packard Bell EasyNote TJ6... 5.56%
MSI MS-7642 5.56%
Micro-Star MS-7596 5.56%


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