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What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,139
United States Rank #5,887
Reach 0.0595%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 19.21 days
566.68 days >
Average installed length: 297.75 days

Tropico 5

What is Tropico 5?  (from Haemimont Games)

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico in the next instalment of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular ‘dictator sim’ series. Expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing an all-new set of challenges, including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scie...  Read more

Overview

Tropico 5 is a program developed by Haemimont Games. 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 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 AppData.exe. The software installer includes 65 files and is usually about 12.63 MB (13,239,513 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 55% of users of Tropico 5 come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.tropico5.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Tropico 5
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/245620
Estimated size: 12.63 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Tropico 5

Program executable:AppData.exe
Name:TRP5 STEAM AppData
Tropico 5
Path:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Tropico 5\AppData.exe
MD5:60a22e0bafc158178b4e6cbdbdbc35e8
Additional files:
  • Tropico5Steam.exe - Tropico 5
  • steam_api.dll (by Valve) - Steam Client API
  • crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • Steam.dll
  • Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
  • steamclient.dll
  • steamclient64.dll
  • steamerrorreporter.exe
  • steamerrorreporter64.exe
  • SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
  • streaming_client.exe
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • video.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • vstdlib_s64.dll
  • AppOverlay.dll - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.dll
  • uninstall.exe
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • icui18n.dll
  • icuuc.dll
  • libavcodec-56.dll
  • libavcodec-57.dll
  • libavformat-56.dll
  • libavformat-57.dll
  • libavresample-2.dll
  • libavresample-3.dll
  • libavutil-54.dll
  • libavutil-55.dll
  • libswscale-3.dll
  • libswscale-4.dll
  • openvr_api.dll
  • v8.dll
  • AppData.exe (by Kalypso Media GmbH) - TRP5 STEAM AppData
  • d3dcompiler_46.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
  • d3dcompiler_46_64.dll (by Microsoft)
  • dbghelp.dll - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
  • KalypsoLauncher.dll (by Realmforge Studios GmbH) - Styx
  • libav_h264-56.dll
  • libavcodec-55.dll
  • libavformat-55.dll
  • libavresample-1.dll
  • libavutil-53.dll
  • libswscale-2.dll
  • libx264-142.dll (by x264 project) - x264 (H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoder library)
  • sdl.dll
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.json
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.json
  • SteamTmp.exe
  • Tropico 5 V1.00 Trainer +5 MrAntiFun.EXE
  • Tropico 5 V1.01 Trainer +1 MrAntiFun B.EXE

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B6D81AEC-C691-4109-ACBA-39A635BBAF0E}' (runs on registration).
  • SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0FA4F2B3-5879-4EB7-87D7-15A36952D352}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-3837917440-1771750534-681917250-1001.
2 Startup Files (User Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Power2GoExpress8' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
  • SteamTmp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Steam' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
3 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • Tropico5Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Tropico 5\Tropico5Steam.exe'.
  • SteamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Network connections
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to cdn-178-79-196-253.pmo.llnw.net (178.79.196.253 port 80).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to 69.28.145.170 (port 27017).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to cm-04.lux.valve.net (146.66.152.15 port 27018).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to 80.239.194.142 (port 27030).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to VALVE-CORPO.car2.Philadelphia1.Level3.net (4.78.155.50 port 27031).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

SteamTmp.exe
Memory:230.39 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0025027453%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00142709%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00107566%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:28,069,388
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:334
70 average
I/O reads/min:1.77 MB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:2.18 MB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Tropico 5?

You can uninstall Tropico 5 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 Tropico 5, 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 Tropico 5.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 64%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? 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 10 64.22%
Windows 7 35.26%
Windows Vista 0.43%
Windows XP 0.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 23.61%
Windows 7 Home Premium 19.86%
Windows 8.1 18.50%
Windows 10 Pro 9.38%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.76%
Windows 8.1 Pro 7.33%

Distribution by countryGeography

55.29% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 55.29%
  Germany 8.08%
  United Kingdom 7.55%
  Canada 3.35%
  France 3.28%
  Australia 2.50%
  Netherlands 1.97%
  DK 1.71%
  Italy 1.64%
  Sweden 1.58%
  Norway 1.38%
  Austria 1.25%
  Belgium 0.98%
  Brazil 0.85%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS 18.86%
Acer 16.44%
Hewlett-Packard 14.71%
Dell 11.76%
GIGABYTE 10.55%
Lenovo 7.09%
Alienware 6.75%
Toshiba 5.71%
MSI 5.02%
Medion 1.73%
Samsung 1.38%
Common models
ASUS All Series 16.41%
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 2.31%
MSI MS-7693 2.31%
Alienware Aurora-R4 2.05%
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 2.05%
MSI MS-7821 2.05%

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