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Should I remove Tux Paint?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #8,358
United States Rank #7,930
Reach 0.0475%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 26.93 days
794.39 days >
Average installed length: 417.39 days

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Tux Paint 0.9.21c

What is Tux Paint?  (from New Breed Software)

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use...  Read more

Overview

Tux Paint 0.9.21c is a software program developed by New Breed Software. 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 setup package generally installs about 60 files and is usually about 19.23 MB (20,160,531 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 46% of users of Tux Paint come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and Brazil.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.tuxpaint.org/?lang=en
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 19.23 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Tux Paint 0.9.21c

  • tuxpaint-config.exe - Tux Paint Config (Tux Paint Config - Configures Tux Paint.)
  • tuxpaint.exe - Tux Paint (Tux Paint - Interactive Paint Program.)
  • libpng12.dll - LibPNG (PNG image compression library)
  • jpeg.dll
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • unins001.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • tuxpaint.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{82EF05DC-2CC1-4C4A-A8C3-93559BB3B1F2}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove Tux Paint?

You can uninstall Tux Paint 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 Tux Paint 0.9.21c, 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 Tux Paint.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 62%
Win 8 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#8,358

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 68.59%
Windows 10 16.88%
Windows XP 8.97%
Windows Vista 5.56%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.26%
Windows 7 Professional 17.06%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.38%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.91%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 4.72%
Windows 8.1 4.61%

Distribution by countryGeography

46.38% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 46.38%
  Germany 6.79%
  Brazil 4.32%
  Italy 4.23%
  United Kingdom 3.97%
  India 3.88%
  France 2.82%
  Canada 2.56%
  Australia 2.20%
  Belgium 2.03%
  Poland 1.59%
  Greece 1.32%
  Spain 1.32%
  Colombia 0.88%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 26.01%
Hewlett-Packard 24.08%
Acer 15.41%
GIGABYTE 8.29%
ASUS 5.78%
Toshiba 5.20%
Lenovo 3.66%
Intel 2.89%
Samsung 2.70%
Sahara 2.31%
Medion 2.12%
American Megatrends 1.54%
Common models
Positivo Informatica SA E... 9.51%
Dell Latitude E6520 8.80%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.17%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.11%
Dell Inspiron N5010 1.76%
HP G62 Notebook PC 1.76%

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