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Should I remove TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
11% remove it89% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #3,319
United States Rank #15,496
Reach 0.1705%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 10.78 days
318.09 days >
Average installed length: 167.13 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.1.1 48.07%
1.0.2.4 47.50%
1.0.2.3 1.67%
1.0.2.2 2.77%

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TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility

What is TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility?  (from TOSHIBA)

Toshiba Places Icon Utility is a simple application that was especially designed to provide Toshiba laptop users with a means of getting quick access to a variety of online content. Toshiba Places Icon Utility program will instantly create a link to the Toshiba Places portal so you can easily get to the Music, News, V...  Read more

Overview

TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility is a program developed by TOSHIBA. The most used version is 2.1.1, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. 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 tosdimonitor.exe. The software installer includes 15 files and is usually about 4.54 MB (4,764,601 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 20% of users of TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility come from United Kingdom, it is also popular in Germany and France.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.toshiba.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{461F6F0D-7173-4902-9604-AB1A29108AF2}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly
Estimated size: 4.54 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility

Program executable:tosdimonitor.exe
Name:Toshiba Places Icon Utility
Path:C:\Program Files\toshiba\toshiba places icon utility\tosdimonitor.exe
MD5:3f30da4c4a2042cd58aa3ac2da1e122b
Additional files:
  • TosDesktopEventCaptor.dll - Toshiba Places Icon Utility (The event captor of Toshiba Places Icon Utility)
  • TosDICommandInvoker.exe - The Toshiba Places Icon Utility namespace command invoker
  • TosDIFileAssociation.exe - The Toshiba Places Icon Utility file association
  • TosDIPlaceFileEntity.dll - The Toshiba Place Icon entity definition
  • TosDIPresenter.dll - The shell inter-operator of Toshiba Places Icon Utility
  • TosDIBasePlace.dll - Toshiba Place Icon Utility (Toshiba Place Icons Utility base place shell namespace extention)
  • DIMUI.dll - Dynamic Icon (Dynamic Icon multiple language Dynamic Link Library)
  • Interop.DIPresenterLib.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'DIPresenterLib'.
  • Interop.Shell32.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'Shell32'.
  • TosDIInternal.dll - DIInternal
  • TosDILangPack.dll - DILangPack
  • TosDIInternal.XmlSerializers.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • TosDIMonitor.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DB488BB2-7774-4FBD-9E7F-04334EADF525}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • TosDIMonitor.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'ToshibaDynamicIconUtility' which loads as "C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility\TosDIMonitor.exe".
Network connections
  • TosDIMonitor.exe connects to ec2-46-137-124-102.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com (46.137.124.102 port 80).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

TosDIMonitor.exe
Memory:69.78 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0020730676%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00076388%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00130919%
0.015104% average
Switches/sec:1
70 average

How do I remove TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility?

You can uninstall TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility 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 TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility, 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 TOSHIBA Places Icon Utility.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 54%
Win 7 (SP1) 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 11%
Keep it 89%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 53.63%
Windows 7 46.28%
Windows XP 0.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 40.63%
Windows 8.1 18.83%
Windows 8 11.72%
Windows 10 Home 9.72%
Windows 8 Single Language 6.31%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 4.39%

Distribution by countryGeography

20.30% of installs come from United Kingdom
Which countries install it?
  United Kingdom 20.30%
  Germany 13.47%
  France 10.10%
  Italy 6.96%
  United States 5.41%
  Saudi Arabia 4.73%
  Spain 4.02%
  Portugal 2.98%
  Netherlands 2.69%
  Sweden 2.20%
  Belgium 1.94%
  United Arab Emirates 1.85%
  Ireland 1.75%
  Austria 1.39%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Toshiba 99.85%
Acer 0.09%
Intel 0.06%
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About TOSHIBA

Toshiba electronics, electrical equipment and information technology corporation that is a diversified manufacturer of electrical products, spanning information and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials, power systems, Internet-based solutions and services, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances.
Publisher URL: www.toshiba.com

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