Stardock Central
What is Stardock Central? (from Stardock)
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Overview
Stardock Central is a program developed by Stardock. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 main program executable is Stardock Central.exe. The software installer includes 11 files and is usually about 9.5 MB (9,958,231 bytes). StardockCentralUpdate.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 71% of users of Stardock Central come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.
Stardock Central has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
URL: www.stardock.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Stardock\StardockCentral
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Stardock\StardockCentral\uninstall.exe" "/C:C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Stardock\StardockCentral\Uninstall\uninstall.xml"
Estimated size: 9.5 MB
Files installed by Stardock Central
| Program executable: | Stardock Central.exe |
| Name: | Stardock Central |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Stardock\StardockCentral\Stardock Central.exe |
| MD5: | 5af75048fdc412f64ac4baa4f9f546b8 |
Additional files:
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StardockCentralManagerRunning.exe - Stardock Central Manager
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DeElevate.exe - DeElevate Application (De-elevation tool)
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DeElevate64.exe
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Stardock Central.exe - Stardock Central
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sdActivate.exe - Activate (Product Activation)
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uninstall.exe (by Indigo Rose) - Setup Factory Runtime (Setup Application)
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StardockCentralUpdate.exe
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DeElevator.dll
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DeElevator64.dll
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lua5.1.dll
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Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll (by CodePlex Community) - TaskService (Task Scheduler Wrapper)
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- Stardock Central.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Stardock Central-S-1-5-21-3604189369-1484959721-464876262-1000' (runs daily at 4:39 AM).
Startup File (User Run)
- Stardock Central.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Stardock Central' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Stardock\StardockCentral\Stardock Central.exe".
How do I remove Stardock Central?
You can uninstall Stardock Central from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- 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.
- When you find the program Stardock Central, 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Stardock Central.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 56%
Win XP 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 27%
Keep it 73%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
55.62% |
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| Windows 7 |
40.63% |
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| Windows Vista |
2.07% |
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| Windows XP |
1.68% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.13% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.08% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
9.68% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media ... |
8.99% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
8.79% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Medi... |
7.91% |
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Geography
71.14% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
71.14% |
| United Kingdom |
4.21% |
| Canada |
3.74% |
| Germany |
3.34% |
| Australia |
3.18% |
| France |
1.75% |
| Netherlands |
1.51% |
| Italy |
1.03% |
| Brazil |
0.72% |
| DK |
0.72% |
| Belgium |
0.56% |
| Sweden |
0.56% |
| New Zealand |
0.48% |
| Japan |
0.48% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
26.55% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
26.55% |
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| ASUS |
12.07% |
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| Acer |
11.03% |
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| GIGABYTE |
8.62% |
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| Samsung |
4.14% |
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| Toshiba |
4.14% |
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| Lenovo |
2.07% |
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| Alienware |
2.07% |
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| Intel |
1.03% |
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| MSI |
1.03% |
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| Apple |
0.69% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
5.02% |
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| Dell XPS 8500 |
4.70% |
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| Dell XPS 8300 |
2.51% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.19% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.19% |
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| HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC |
1.88% |
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About Stardock
Stardock is a software development company that initially developed for the OS/2 platform, but switch to Windows.
Publisher URL: www.stardock.com