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WinUtilities 9.98 Professional Edition

What is WinUtilities Professional Edition?  (from YL Computing, Inc)

WinUtilities Pro contains utilities to clean registry, temporary files on your disks, erase your application, internet browser history, and cache and cookies. It also supports to defragment your disk drives and improve computer performance and stability. Built-in startup cleaner allows you to control startup programs t...  Read more

Overview

WinUtilities 9.98 Professional Edition is a program developed by YL Computing, Inc. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up. 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 installer includes 34 files and is usually about 22.25 MB (23,335,838 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows XP. While about 56% of users of WinUtilities Professional Edition come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.ylcomputing.com
Help link: www.ylcomputing.com/content/view/14/33
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinUtilities\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\WinUtilities\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 22.25 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinUtilities 9.98 Professional Edition

  • ToolRegBackup.exe (by YL Software) - WinUtilities Registry Backup and Restore
  • ToolFindDuplicate.exe (by YL Software) - WinUtilities Duplicate Files Finder
  • ToolDocProtector.exe - WinUtilities Document Protector
  • ToolSysInfo.exe - WinUtilities System Information
  • Defrag.dll - WinUtilities DiskDefrag Module
  • ToolSafeUninstall.exe - WinUtilities Uninstall Manager
  • ToolMemoryOptimizer.exe - WinUtilities Memory Optimizer
  • ToolProcessSecurity.exe - WinUtilities Process Security
  • ToolRegistryCleaner.exe - WinUtilities Registry Cleaner
  • ToolFixShortcut.exe - WinUtilities Shortcuts Fixer
  • ToolHistoryCleaner.exe - WinUtilities History Cleaner
  • ToolRegistrySearch.exe - WinUtilities Registry Search
  • ToolStartupCleaner.exe - WinUtilities Startup Cleaner
  • ToolRegDefrag.exe - WinUtilities RegistryDefrag
  • ToolSchedule.exe - WinUtilities Task Scheduler
  • ToolSysControl.exe - WinUtilities System Control
  • AppAutoShutdown.exe - WinUtilities Auto Shutdown
  • ToolFileSplitter.exe - WinUtilities File Splitter
  • ToolSecureDelete.exe - WinUtilities File Shredder
  • ToolWinTools.exe - WinUtilities Windows Tools
  • ToolDiskCleaner.exe - WinUtilities Disk Cleaner
  • ToolBHORemover.exe - WinUtilities BHO Remover
  • ToolFileLock.exe - WinUtilities EXE Protect
  • ToolDiskDefrag.exe - WinUtilities DiskDefrag
  • ToolUndelete.exe - WinUtilities Undelete
  • CloseApps.exe - CloseApps Module (CloseApps)
  • WinUtil.exe - WinUtilities

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

4 Scheduled Tasks
  • ToolRegistryCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WinUtilities_Registry_Cleaner_D81CDF27E9284402' (runs weekly on Fridays at 12:10 PM).
  • ToolDiskDefrag.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WinUtilities_DiskDefrag_D81CDF27E9284404' (runs weekly on Fridays at 12:30 PM).
  • ToolDiskCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WinUtilities_Disk_Cleaner_D81CDF27E9284401' (runs weekly on Fridays at 12:00 PM).
  • ToolHistoryCleaner.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WinUtilities_History_Cleaner_D81CDF27E9284403' (runs weekly on Fridays at 12:20 PM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • ToolMemoryOptimizer.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named MemOptimizer-02BB2F56CB964deb8996194DE7EB5275.

How do I remove WinUtilities Professional Edition?

You can uninstall WinUtilities Professional Edition 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 WinUtilities 9.98 Professional Edition, 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 WinUtilities Professional Edition.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 60%
Win XP 2%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 18%
Keep it 82%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 63.79%
Windows XP 17.24%
Windows Vista 13.79%
Windows 10 5.17%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 44.83%
Microsoft Windows XP 17.24%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 13.79%
Windows 7 Professional 10.34%
Windows 7 Ultimate 6.90%
Windows 7 Starter 1.72%

Distribution by countryGeography

56.16% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 56.16%
  Canada 5.48%
  Germany 5.48%
  France 5.48%
  United Kingdom 5.48%
  Australia 4.11%
  Netherlands 4.11%
  Brazil 1.37%
  DK 1.37%
  Spain 1.37%
  India 1.37%
  Italy 1.37%
  Japan 1.37%
  Poland 1.37%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 43.24%
Acer 21.62%
Dell 10.81%
Gateway 5.41%
ASUS 5.41%
Intel 5.41%
American Megatrends 5.41%
GIGABYTE 2.70%
Common models
HP-Pavilion NC892AA-ABA a... 6.67%
Dell Inspiron 530 4.44%
VIA K7VT4APro 2.22%
TOSHIBA Satellite C650 2.22%
TOSHIBA dynabook CX/47KWH 2.22%
Packard Bell EasyNote TJ6... 2.22%

About (from YL Computing, Inc)

We are one of the original manufacturers and vendors of our software and related products.
Publisher URL: www.ylcomputing.com

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