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Should I remove Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
1% remove it99% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,748
United States Rank #5,739
Reach 0.0645%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 9.33 days
275.28 days >
Average installed length: 144.64 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
9.0 99.92%

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight

What is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight?  (from Microsoft)

Worldwide scenery with accurate 3D terrain and auto-gen objects that fill in the world with appropriate buildings and vegetation. Dynamic weather system based on realistic atmospheric physics, with true three-dimensional clouds that form and dissipate. Enhanced interactive air traffic control (ATC), including traffic a...  Read more

Overview

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight is a software program developed by Microsoft. 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 primary executable is named fs9.exe. The setup package generally installs about 486 files and is usually about 32.63 MB (34,216,808 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 55% of users of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Brazil.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator
Help link: www.microsoft.com/support
Installation folder: C:\FS 2004
Uninstaller: "C:\FS 2004\UNINSTAL.EXE" /runtemp /addremove
Estimated size: 32.63 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight

Program executable:fs9.exe
Name:Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Path:C:\fs 2004\fs9.exe
MD5:e8d688ef1741c6cabf062f16921a28f4
Additional files:
  • language.dll - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight (Microsoft Flight Simulator Module)
  • riched20.dll - Microsoft RichEdit Control, version 3.0 (Rich Text Edit Control, v3.0)
  • dw15.exe - Microsoft Application Error Reporting
  • ebueula.dll - Microsoft Corporation EulaDll (EulaDll)
  • mfc70.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET (MFCDLL Shared Library - Retail Version)
  • msvcp70.dll - Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library
  • msvcr70.dll - Microsoft® C Runtime Library
  • msxml4.dll - Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP 1 (MSXML 4.0 SP 1)
  • msxml4a.dll - Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 (MSXML 4.0 SP1 Resources)
  • msxml4r.dll
  • SETUPENU.DLL - Microsoft Games Setup (Microsoft Games AutoRun/Setup Resources)
  • UNINSTAL.EXE - Microsoft Games AutoRun/Setup
  • shfolder.dll - Shell Folder Service
  • kiosk.exe - Kiosk App (Kiosk Mode App)
  • GdiPlus.dll - Microsoft GDI+
  • MSVBVM60.dll - Visual Basic (Visual Basic Virtual Machine)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • fs9.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{3A269473-E1CD-43D6-BD63-5FC971EFC681}' (runs on registration).
  • UNINSTAL.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{395CBA0F-9E82-4611-8D5D-A7FA2A354309}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • fs9.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Simulator\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\fs9.exe'.

How do I remove Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight?

You can uninstall Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight 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 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight, 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 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#6,748

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 60.35%
Windows 10 21.24%
Windows XP 10.39%
Windows Vista 8.03%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 35.26%
Windows 7 Ultimate 13.39%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.22%
Windows 7 Professional 9.03%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.74%
Windows 8.1 6.50%

Distribution by countryGeography

54.55% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 54.55%
  United Kingdom 10.47%
  Brazil 3.49%
  Canada 3.49%
  Netherlands 3.12%
  Australia 2.43%
  Sweden 1.31%
  Finland 1.18%
  Belgium 1.12%
  France 1.12%
  Germany 1.06%
  New Zealand 0.94%
  South Africa 0.87%
  Greece 0.87%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.45%
Dell 25.07%
Acer 17.75%
GIGABYTE 8.59%
ASUS 7.18%
Toshiba 3.94%
Intel 2.68%
American Megatrends 1.55%
Lenovo 1.27%
Medion 1.27%
Gateway 1.13%
Sahara 1.13%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.62%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.62%
ASUS All Series 3.29%
Dell OptiPlex 745 ... 2.30%
Dell XPS 8300 2.30%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.30%

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a variety of products and services related to computing.
Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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