Should I remove AbiWord?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #3,047
United States Rank #2,284
Reach 0.1920%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 18.92 days
558.19 days >
Average installed length: 293.29 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.8.6 |
100.00% |
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AbiWord 2.8.6
What is AbiWord? (from AbiSource Developers)
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. AbiWord allows you to collaborate with multiple people on one document at the same time. It is tightly integrated with the AbiCollab.net web service, which lets you store documents online, a... Read more
Overview
AbiWord 2.8.6 is a program developed by AbiSource Developers. 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 programs's main executable is abiword.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 21.62 MB of memory. The software installer includes 43 files and is usually about 20.31 MB (21,296,762 bytes). The program uses the GLib GNOME library. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 64% of users of AbiWord come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Germany.
Program details
URL: www.abisource.com/information/about
Help link: www.abisource.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\AbiWord
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\AbiWord\UninstallAbiWord2.exe
Estimated size: 20.31 MB
Files installed by AbiWord 2.8.6
| Program executable: | abiword.exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\abiword\bin\abiword.exe |
| MD5: | a47c2905d07f71544980134498105b84 |
Additional files:
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UninstallAbiWord2.exe - AbiWord (Installer for AbiWord)
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AbiWord_Dictionary_Deutsch.exe
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abiword-setup-2.8.6.exe
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bz2-1.dll
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LibAbiWord.dll
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libenchant.dll (by none) - libenchant
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libenchant_ispell.dll
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libenchant_myspell.dll
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libfribidi-0.dll
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libgcrypt-11.dll (by g10 Code GmbH) - libgcrypt (Libgcrypt - The GNU Crypto Library)
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libgio-2.0-0.dll
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libglib-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GLib
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libgmodule-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GModule
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libgnurx-0.dll
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libgnutls-26.dll
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libgobject-2.0-0.dll - GObject
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libgpg-error-0.dll (by g10 Code GmbH) - libgpg-error (libgpg-error - Common error codes)
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libgsf-1-114.dll
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libgthread-2.0-0.dll - GThread
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libintl-8.dll
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libjpeg-62.dll
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liblink-grammar-4.dll
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libpng12-0.dll
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libsoup-2.4-1.dll
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libwv-1-2-4.dll
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libxml2-2.dll
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PluginBabelfish.dll
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PluginCollab.dll
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PluginEml.dll
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PluginFreetranslation.dll
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PluginGoogle.dll
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PluginGrammar.dll
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PluginMathview.dll
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PluginOpendocument.dll
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PluginOpenwriter.dll
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PluginOpenxml.dll
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PluginStaroffice.dll
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PluginUrldict.dll
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PluginWordperfect.dll
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TaskillForm.exe (by Microsoft) - TaskillForm
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uninstall.exe
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zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- AbiWord.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A86692F2-F6E9-4A2A-8257-803EF4E0506D}' (runs on registration).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| abiword.exe |
| Memory: | 21.62 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0005059582% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00016279% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00034317% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 6,191,281 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 2 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 72 Bytes | |
How do I remove AbiWord?
You can uninstall AbiWord 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 AbiWord 2.8.6, 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 AbiWord.
USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #3,047
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REACH
~0.19%
PC installation base
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
53.58% |
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| Windows 10 |
32.02% |
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| Windows Vista |
7.50% |
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| Windows XP |
6.84% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.74% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
11.11% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
9.38% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.25% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.07% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.64% |
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Geography
64.22% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
64.22% |
| United Kingdom |
5.18% |
| Germany |
4.28% |
| France |
4.10% |
| Italy |
3.64% |
| Canada |
3.36% |
| Australia |
1.88% |
| Netherlands |
1.14% |
| Poland |
0.90% |
| Spain |
0.82% |
| Sweden |
0.76% |
| Russia |
0.70% |
| Belgium |
0.68% |
| Finland |
0.64% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
31.35% |
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| Dell |
19.38% |
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| Acer |
17.14% |
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| Toshiba |
10.77% |
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| ASUS |
8.20% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.93% |
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| Lenovo |
3.73% |
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| Samsung |
2.57% |
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| Intel |
1.78% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.16% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.29% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
5.27% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.05% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
4.15% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.58% |
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| HP 15 Notebook PC |
2.24% |
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About (from AbiSource Developers)
Like most Open Source projects, AbiWord started as a cathedral, but has become more like a bazaar.
Publisher URL: www.abisource.com