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Should I remove PhraseExpress?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #18,285
United States Rank #15,379
Reach 0.0129%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 6.21 days
183.33 days >
Average installed length: 96.32 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
12.0.148 0.78%
12.0.144 0.39%
12.0.137 1.18%
12.0.128 0.39%
12.0.124 0.78%
12.0.113 0.39%
12.0.105 1.18%
12.0.100 0.78%
12.0.96 0.78%
12.0.93 0.39%
11.0.136 1.96%
11.0.133 1.96%
11.0.132 0.78%
11.0.129 2.75%
11.0.125 3.14%
11.0.122 0.78%
11.0.121 0.78%
10.5.41 17.25%
10.5.40 0.39%
10.5.38 0.78%
10.5.35 2.35%
10.5.33 0.78%
10.5.26 1.18%
10.5.24 1.96%
10.5.16 4.31%
10.5.8 1.18%
10.5.6 1.18%
10.1.59 0.78%
10.1.57 0.78%
10.1.35 0.39%
10.1.34 0.39%
10.1.30 0.78%
10.1.28 0.78%
10.1.24 1.18%
10.1.21 0.39%
10.1.4 0.78%
10.1.1 0.39%
10.0.135 0.39%
10.0.132 0.78%
10.0.129 0.78%
9.1.47 1.96%
9.1.45 1.96%
9.1.44 5.10%
9.1.43 5.10%
9.1.41 0.78%
9.1.36 4.71%
9.1.29 0.39%
9.1.8 1.18%
9.1.2 0.39%
9.0.152 0.78%
9.0.148 0.39%
67 versions

Typically installed together

PhraseExpress

What is PhraseExpress?  (from Bartels Media GmbH)

PhraseExpress organizes your frequently used text snippets in customizable categories for quick access. PhraseExpress saves hours of typing. It is the ideal solution for personnel in office, technical support, customer care, help desk, call center and medical or legal transcription settings. The Client-/Server version ...  Read more

Overview

PhraseExpress is a program developed by Bartels Media GmbH. The most used version is 10.5.41, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The main program executable is gbak.exe. The software installer includes 21 files and is usually about 3.88 MB (4,066,304 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 56% of users of PhraseExpress come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.phraseexpress.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PhraseExpress\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{646B8AC5-9454-4990-8134-7092CEB1577A}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 3.88 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by PhraseExpress

Program executable:gbak.exe
Name:Firebird SQL Server
Path:C:\Program Files\PhraseExpress\gbak.exe
MD5:2049e0068515b46cedeeb14516d4aefc
Additional files:
  • pexmsol.dll - PhraseExpress Outlook Add-In
  • pexkey.dll - PhraseExpress (PhraseExpress Keyboard Hook Library)
  • phraseexpress.exe
  • uninstaller.exe - Program Launcher
  • icudt30.dll (by IBM and others) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
  • icuin30.dll (by IBM and others) - IBM ICU I18N DLL
  • icuuc30.dll - IBM ICU Common DLL
  • fbclient.dll (by Firebird Project) - Firebird SQL Server
  • ib_util.dll (by Firebird Project)
  • libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
  • ssleay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
  • pexregex.dll (by GnuWin32 ) - Pcre (Pcre3: Perl-compatible regular-expression library)
  • pexicons.dll
  • pexinst.exe
  • pexlang.dll
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)
  • phraseexpress.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'phraseexpress.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\PhraseExpress\phraseexpress.exe.

How do I remove PhraseExpress?

You can uninstall PhraseExpress 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 PhraseExpress, 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 PhraseExpress.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 50%
Win Server 2003 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? 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 10 49.80%
Windows 7 45.49%
Windows Vista 2.75%
Windows XP 1.57%
Windows Server 2003 0.39%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 21.18%
Windows 7 Professional 12.94%
Windows 10 Home 10.59%
Windows 8.1 9.80%
Windows 7 Ultimate 8.63%
Windows 10 Pro 7.06%

Distribution by countryGeography

56.33% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 56.33%
  Germany 16.00%
  United Kingdom 3.00%
  Canada 2.67%
  India 2.00%
  Netherlands 1.67%
  Australia 1.33%
  Sweden 1.33%
  Belgium 1.33%
  Romania 1.00%
  Austria 1.00%
  Brazil 0.67%
  Finland 0.67%
  Italy 0.67%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.34%
Acer 15.75%
Dell 12.33%
ASUS 11.64%
Lenovo 9.59%
GIGABYTE 6.85%
Medion 6.85%
Samsung 4.11%
Alienware 2.74%
Toshiba 2.05%
Intel 1.37%
Sony 1.37%
Common models
MSI MS-7821 2.50%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.50%
Hewlett-Packard p6610f 2.50%
Gigabyte M68MT-S2 2.50%
LENOVO 20266 1.67%
MSI MS-7721 1.67%

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