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Should I remove Polycom RealPresence Desktop?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #25,272
United States Rank #21,164
Reach 0.0068%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 11.54 days
340.36 days >
Average installed length: 178.83 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
3.8.1.69631 0.74%
3.7.0.64517 2.96%
3.6.0.62002 3.70%
3.5.1.61139 0.74%
3.5.0.59644 0.74%
3.5.0.59582 5.19%
3.4.1.55261 5.19%
3.4.0.54718 6.67%
3.3.0.50871 16.30%
3.2.1.48697 14.81%
3.2.0.47814 2.96%
3.1.0.44431 14.81%
3.0.0.38914 18.52%
2.3.0.33254 3.70%
2.1.0.28930 0.74%
2.0.0.27432 2.22%

Polycom RealPresence Desktop

Overview

Polycom RealPresence Desktop is a program developed by Polycom. The most used version is 3.0.0.38914, 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 software installer includes 62 files and is usually about 20.84 MB (21,855,556 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 54% of users of Polycom RealPresence Desktop come from the United States, it is also popular in France and India.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.polycom.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Polycom\RealPresence Desktop\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{8BE13AF9-8D86-4B44-9843-2533589A01CB}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 20.84 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Polycom RealPresence Desktop

  • video_decoder.dll - Polycom Buzz Codec Test App (Video Decoder Dynamic Link Library)
  • video_encoder.dll - video_encoder Dynamic Link Library
  • libsasl.dll (by Carnegie Mellon University) - Carnegie Mellon University SASL (CMU SASL API v2)
  • NAudio.WindowsMediaFormat.dll - NAudio.WindowsMediaFormat
  • PPCIPWin.dll
  • libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
  • RealPresenceDesktop.exe - RealPresenceDesktop
  • ssleay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
  • CMADMigrationTool.exe - CMADMigrationTool
  • Ionic.Zip.Reduced.dll (by Dino Chiesa) - DotNetZip Library (Ionic's Zip Library (Reduced))
  • libcurl.dll (by The cURL library, http://curl.haxx.se/) - The cURL library (libcurl Shared Library)
  • RPDLogCollector.exe - RPDLogCollector
  • log4cxx.dll (by Apache Software Foundation) - Apache log4cxx
  • UpdateModule.dll - UpdateModule
  • NAudio.dll (by Mark Heath) - NAudio
  • audio_codecs.dll
  • CallControl.dll
  • FCtrl.dll
  • g711Codec.dll
  • g719MonoCodec.dll
  • g719StereoCodec.dll
  • g722Codec.dll
  • g728PolycomCodec.dll
  • g729abCodec.dll
  • g729aCodec.dll
  • gloox.dll
  • iLBCCodec.dll
  • libxml2.dll
  • LoggingServerDll.dll
  • MediaProcessor.dll
  • SacLprCodec.dll
  • Siren22LPR_R1.dll
  • siren22MonoCodec.dll
  • siren22StereoCodec.dll
  • sirenCodec.dll
  • SpeechDetector.dll
  • SVCDLib.dll
  • SVCELib.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

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

How do I remove Polycom RealPresence Desktop?

You can uninstall Polycom RealPresence Desktop 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 Polycom RealPresence Desktop, 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 Polycom RealPresence Desktop.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 52%
Win 7 2%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 54.07%
Windows 10 45.93%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 35.82%
Windows 10 Pro 13.43%
Windows 10 Home 7.46%
Windows 7 Enterprise 7.46%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.72%
Windows 7 Ultimate 5.22%

Distribution by countryGeography

54.12% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 54.12%
  France 7.06%
  India 2.94%
  Canada 2.35%
  Brazil 2.35%
  United Kingdom 2.35%
  Spain 1.76%
  Mexico 1.76%
  Austria 1.76%
  Germany 1.18%
  Thailand 1.18%
  DK 1.18%
  New Zealand 1.18%
  Uruguay 1.18%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 36.73%
Hewlett-Packard 26.53%
Lenovo 16.33%
Toshiba 4.08%
Samsung 4.08%
ASUS 4.08%
Apple 3.06%
Acer 3.06%
Intel 1.02%
Sony 1.02%
Common models
Dell Latitude E7250 2.78%
Dell Latitude E7440 1.85%
Apple Inc. MacBookAir4,2 1.85%
HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook ... 1.85%
HP ProBook 6570b 1.85%
HP ProBook 4540s 1.85%

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