Should I remove The Weather Channel App?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
52% remove it48% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #2,097
United States Rank #870
Reach 0.3091%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 40.62 days
1198.27 days >
Average installed length: 629.60 days
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The Weather Channel App
What is The Weather Channel App? (from The Weather Channel)
The Weather Channel App for Windows offers an innovative, simplified interface to tell the weather story and its impact on your daily life. The completely new look offers enhanced features while still delivering the most reliable, timely weather forecasts and information. The Weather Channel App for Windows puts you ju... Read more
Overview
The Weather Channel App is a program developed by The Weather Channel. 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 programs's main executable is TWCApp.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 119.07 MB of memory. The software installer includes 19 files and is usually about 19.28 MB (20,212,486 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 96% of users of The Weather Channel App come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Iran.
Program details
URL: www.TheWeatherChannel.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\the weather channel\the weather channel app
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel\The Weather Channel App\TheWeatherChannelCustomUninstall.exe
Estimated size: 19.28 MB
Files installed by The Weather Channel App
| Program executable: | TWCApp.exe |
| Name: | The Weather Channel App |
| Signed by: | The Weather Channel Interactive |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\the weather channel\the weather channel app\TWCApp.exe |
| MD5: | b40b5215e9bfa26a396e8c5f2092d92b |
Additional files:
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Utility.dll - The Weather Channel Interactive Consumer Application Software
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TWCApp.exe - The Weather Channel App
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DW.ViewModels.dll
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TWC.UtilFS.dll
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WPF.ModelsFS.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- TWCApp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E0A8676A-036B-4735-98B8-E9F2E4409CF2}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
- TWCApp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'DW7' and executes as "C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel\The Weather Channel App\TWCApp.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
- TWCApp.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'TWC.exe' which loads as "C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel\The Weather Channel App\TWCApp.exe".
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- TWCApp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel\The Weather Channel App\TWCApp.exe'.
Network connections
- TWCApp.exe connects to a184-26-136-75.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (184.26.136.75 port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to 198.172.88.112 (port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to a23-72-38-98.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.72.38.98 port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to 107.14.46.42 (port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to 206.190.79.216 (port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to 24.143.204.33 (port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to a184-25-109-105.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (184.25.109.105 port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to a23-63-227-155.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.63.227.155 port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to a96-17-203-72.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (96.17.203.72 port 80).
- TWCApp.exe connects to 64.145.92.49 (port 80).
Plus 4 more
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| TWCApp.exe |
| Memory: | 119.07 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0013516906% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00080866% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00054303% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 19,702,605 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 61.44 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 8.39 KB | |
How do I remove The Weather Channel App?
You can uninstall The Weather Channel App 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 The Weather Channel App, 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 The Weather Channel App.
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 52%
Keep it 48%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #2,097
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
67.32% |
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| Windows 10 |
13.80% |
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| Windows Vista |
13.40% |
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| Windows XP |
5.46% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.02% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
53.02% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
10.82% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.73% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.59% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.39% |
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| Windows 8 |
4.60% |
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Geography
96.06% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
96.06% |
| Canada |
0.85% |
| Iran |
0.24% |
| United Kingdom |
0.21% |
| MK |
0.15% |
| Mexico |
0.15% |
| Romania |
0.14% |
| Germany |
0.14% |
| Brazil |
0.13% |
| Hungary |
0.12% |
| Israel |
0.10% |
| Saudi Arabia |
0.10% |
| RS |
0.07% |
| Australia |
0.07% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
38.29% |
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| Dell |
29.74% |
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| Acer |
11.20% |
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| Toshiba |
11.18% |
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| ASUS |
3.06% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.07% |
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| Lenovo |
1.63% |
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| Intel |
1.22% |
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| Gateway |
0.90% |
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| Samsung |
0.71% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
7.19% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.84% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
3.91% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.28% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
3.23% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.49% |
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About The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel (TWC) is a US cable and satellite television network that broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news 24 hours a day.
Publisher URL: www.weather.com