Acer Tour
What is Acer Tour?
Acer Tour is pre-installed with various Acer laptops and provides an interactive tour about using the new PC. It provides details about the various installed features and programs installed on the laptop as well as usgae guides.
Overview
The most common release is 2.0.1003, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named acertour.exe. The setup package generally installs about 12 files and is usually about 132.45 MB (138,885,186 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.acer.com
Installation folder: C:\Acer\AcerTour\
Uninstaller: RunDll32 C:\Program Files1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\11\50\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{9
Estimated size: 132.45 MB
Language: English
Files installed by Acer Tour
| Program executable: | acertour.exe |
| Name: | Acer Tour |
| Path: | C:\acer\acertour\acertour.exe |
| MD5: | 8663704ed7869ab53babb476895299b4 |
Additional files:
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Acer.Empowering.Windows.Forms.dll (by acer inc) - Acer Empowering UI Components (AcerEmpoweringUI)
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Reminder.exe - Acer Tour Reminder
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AcerTourFinish.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- Reminder.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Acer Tour Reminder.
Startup File (User Run)
- Reminder.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Reminder' and executes as C:\Acer\AcerTour\reminder.exe.
2 Startup Files (All Users Run)
- AcerTour.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Acer Tour' which loads as C:\Acer\AcerTour\AcerTour.exe.
- Reminder.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Acer Tour Reminder' which loads as C:\Acer\AcerTour\Reminder.exe.
How do I remove Acer Tour?
You can uninstall Acer Tour 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 Acer Tour, 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 Acer Tour.
OS VERSIONS
Win Vista (SP2) 78%
Win 10 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 25%
Keep it 75%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows Vista |
95.87% |
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| Windows 7 |
3.95% |
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| Windows 10 |
0.18% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
77.48% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
16.28% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
3.18% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
1.32% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.78% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
0.60% |
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Geography
33.87% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
33.87% |
| France |
11.53% |
| United Kingdom |
8.26% |
| Italy |
8.00% |
| Germany |
6.86% |
| Canada |
5.77% |
| Spain |
4.68% |
| Netherlands |
3.58% |
| Australia |
1.92% |
| Belgium |
1.61% |
| Taiwan |
1.19% |
| Finland |
1.19% |
| DK |
0.99% |
| Sweden |
0.94% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
99.51% |
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| Dell |
0.24% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.12% |
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| Sahara |
0.12% |
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Common models |
| Acer Aspire T180 |
7.20% |
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| Acer Aspire 5315 |
6.16% |
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| Acer Aspire 5920G |
5.38% |
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| Acer Aspire 7720 |
4.41% |
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| Acer Aspire M1610 |
2.85% |
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| Acer Aspire 5720Z |
2.85% |
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About Acer
Acer is a Taiwanese hardware and electronics corporation whose products include desktop and laptop computer PCs, tablet computers, servers, storage devices, displays, smartphones and peripherals.
Publisher URL: www.acer.com