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What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
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VersionDistribution
1.00.0000 81.82%
1.0 18.18%

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Police Quest Collection

What is Police Quest Collection?  (from Sierra Entertainment)

Police Quest 1 - In Pursuit of the Death Angel Police Quest 2 - The Vengeance Police Quest 3 - The Kindred Police Quest 4 - Open Season It doesn't get more real than the police Quest's four action-packed stories throw you instantly into a cop's daily life. Investigate homicides. Foil drug rings. Track down a serial kil...  Read more

Overview

Police Quest Collection is a program developed by Sierra Entertainment. The most used version is 1.00.0000, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 main program executable is SierraLauncher.exe. The setup package is about 468.42 MB (491,170,246 bytes) when donwloaded. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 76% of users of Police Quest Collection come from the United States, it is also popular in Finland and Sweden.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: support.vugames.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Sierra\Police Quest Collection(TM)
Uninstaller: RunDll32 C:\Program Files2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\10\50\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{2
Estimated size: 468.42 MB
Language: English

Program filesFiles installed by Police Quest Collection

Program executable:SierraLauncher.exe
Name:SierraLauncher
Sierra Launcher
Path:C:\Program Files\Sierra\Police Quest Collection(TM)\SierraLauncher.exe
MD5:42fd568e1ab43b2d44b22d192c5094a3
  • SierraLauncher.exe (by Vivendi Universal Games) - SierraLauncher (Sierra Launcher)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • SierraLauncher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F86363A5-70A6-483C-AEB4-46A773E12A93}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • SierraLauncher.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\King's Quest Collection\SierraLauncher.exe'.

How do I remove Police Quest Collection?

You can uninstall Police Quest Collection 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 Police Quest Collection(TM), 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 Police Quest Collection.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 45%
Win XP 9%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
76.19%
United States

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 45.45%
Windows 10 27.27%
Windows Vista 18.18%
Windows XP 9.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 36.36%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 18.18%
Windows 8.1 18.18%
Windows 7 Professional 9.09%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.09%
Windows 10 Home 9.09%

Distribution by countryGeography

76.19% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 76.19%
  Finland 4.76%
  Sweden 4.76%
  New Zealand 4.76%
  Canada 4.76%
  United Kingdom 4.76%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Lenovo 18.18%
Hewlett-Packard 18.18%
Toshiba 9.09%
GIGABYTE 9.09%
Gateway 9.09%
Dell 9.09%
Alienware 9.09%
Acer 9.09%
ASUS 9.09%
Common models
TOSHIBA QOSMIO X770 11.11%
LENOVO 90BG003JUS 11.11%
LENOVO 2842FBU 11.11%
HP-Pavilion GQ532AA-UUW a... 11.11%
HPE-410y 11.11%
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2 11.11%

Publisher URL: www.ign.com/companies/sierra

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