Should I remove EssentialPIM?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
10% remove it90% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #3,915
United States Rank #3,921
Reach 0.1385%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.85 days
438.06 days >
Average installed length: 230.17 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 8.63 |
0.04% |
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| 8.62.1 |
0.04% |
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| 8.5 |
0.04% |
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| 8.01 |
0.15% |
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| 8.0 |
0.04% |
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| 7.66 |
0.07% |
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| 7.65.1 |
0.22% |
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| 7.65 |
0.07% |
|
| 7.64 |
0.33% |
|
| 7.63 |
0.48% |
|
| 7.62 |
0.26% |
|
| 7.61 |
0.59% |
|
| 7.54 |
0.37% |
|
| 7.53 |
0.04% |
|
| 7.52 |
0.04% |
|
| 7.51 |
0.66% |
|
| 7.24 |
1.36% |
|
| 7.23 |
0.66% |
|
| 7.22 |
0.92% |
|
| 7.21 |
0.29% |
|
| 7.13 |
1.68% |
|
| 7.12 |
0.73% |
|
| 7.11 |
0.59% |
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| 7.6 |
0.26% |
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| 7.5 |
0.07% |
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| 7.2 |
0.37% |
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| 7.1 |
0.37% |
|
| 7.0 |
1.76% |
|
| 6.58 |
1.39% |
|
| 6.57 |
1.10% |
|
| 6.56 |
2.82% |
|
| 6.55 |
1.98% |
|
| 6.54 |
1.76% |
|
| 6.53 |
1.06% |
|
| 6.52 |
1.79% |
|
| 6.51 |
0.70% |
|
| 6.06 |
2.78% |
|
| 6.05 |
4.40% |
|
| 6.5 |
0.04% |
|
| 6.04 |
0.62% |
|
| 6.03 |
2.45% |
|
| 6.02 |
1.47% |
|
| 6.01 |
0.70% |
|
| 6.0 |
1.10% |
|
| 5.82 |
5.75% |
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| 5.81 |
3.15% |
|
| 5.57 |
15.46% |
|
| 5.56 |
8.06% |
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| 5.55 |
2.01% |
|
| 5.54 |
2.71% |
|
| 5.53 |
1.98% |
|
| 59 versions |
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EssentialPIM
from Astonsoft Ltd
What is EssentialPIM? (from Astonsoft Ltd)
EssentialPIM Pro is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) that makes it easy to control your appointments, tasks, to-do lists, notes, and contacts. With built-in email support, EssentialPIM is an affordable replacement for Outlook. In addition, EssentialPIM offers portability, speed, an intuitive interface, and the abil... Read more
Overview
EssentialPIM is a software program developed by Astonsoft Ltd. The most common release is 5.57, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 primary executable is named EssentialPIM.exe. The setup package generally installs about 16 files and is usually about 13.56 MB (14,217,400 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 47% of users of EssentialPIM come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and Italy.
Program details
URL: www.essentialpim.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\EssentialPIM
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\EssentialPIM\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 13.56 MB
Files installed by EssentialPIM
| Program executable: | EssentialPIM.exe |
| Name: | EssentialPIM |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\EssentialPIM\EssentialPIM.exe |
| MD5: | 0b5401d44757def6d2c896faa296c3aa |
Additional files:
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EssentialPIM.exe - EssentialPIM
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PPCSync.dll - PPCSync
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icudt30.dll (by IBM and others) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
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icuuc30.dll (by IBM and others) - IBM ICU Common DLL
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Gds32.dll (by Firebird Project) - Firebird SQL Server
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libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
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ssleay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
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EPIMMAPI.dll
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hunspelldll.dll
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uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- EssentialPIM.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Esential PIM' (runs daily at 8:30 AM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- EssentialPIM.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
Startup File (User Run)
- EssentialPIM.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'EssentialPIM' and executes as "C:\Program Files\EssentialPIM\EssentialPIM.exe" /autorun.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- EssentialPIM.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\EssentialPIM\EssentialPIM.exe'.
How do I remove EssentialPIM?
You can uninstall EssentialPIM 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 EssentialPIM, 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 EssentialPIM.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win 7 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 10%
Keep it 90%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
56.00% |
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| Windows 10 |
33.71% |
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| Windows XP |
5.82% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.47% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.86% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
10.81% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.40% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
8.29% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.03% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.77% |
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Geography
46.80% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
46.80% |
| Germany |
18.96% |
| Italy |
6.16% |
| Brazil |
3.83% |
| United Kingdom |
2.94% |
| France |
2.82% |
| Canada |
2.42% |
| Netherlands |
1.56% |
| Spain |
1.41% |
| Belgium |
1.16% |
| Austria |
0.95% |
| Poland |
0.74% |
| Australia |
0.70% |
| Switzerland |
0.55% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.67% |
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| Dell |
19.56% |
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| Acer |
19.16% |
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| ASUS |
8.55% |
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| Medion |
6.43% |
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| GIGABYTE |
6.37% |
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| Toshiba |
5.50% |
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| Lenovo |
3.51% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.05% |
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| Intel |
1.13% |
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| Samsung |
1.13% |
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| Sahara |
0.93% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.60% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.60% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
4.05% |
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| ASUS All Series |
3.50% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.58% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7502 |
2.03% |
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