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Should I remove Adobe Acrobat DC 2015?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
11% remove it89% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #21,553
United States Rank #12,343
Reach 0.0094%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.19 days
53.32 days >
Average installed length: 28.02 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
15.006.30508 0.54%
15.006.30505 0.54%
15.006.30498 0.54%
15.006.30434 1.08%
15.006.30418 6.99%
15.006.30417 34.95%
15.006.30394 16.13%
15.006.30392 1.61%
15.006.30354 0.54%
15.006.30352 0.54%
15.006.30306 36.56%

Other programs by Adobe Systems

Adobe Acrobat DC 2015

Overview

Adobe Acrobat DC 2015 is a program developed by Adobe Systems. The most used version is 15.006.30306, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The software installer includes 43 files and is usually about 2.43 MB (2,544,480 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 84% of users of Adobe Acrobat DC 2015 come from the United States, it is also popular in France and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.adobe.com
Help link: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 2015\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{AC76BA86-1033-FFFF-7760-0E0F06755100}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 2.43 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Adobe Acrobat DC 2015

  • acrotray.exe - AcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application. (AcroTray)
  • AcroBroker.exe - Adobe PDF Broker Process for Internet Explorer
  • AcroTextExtractor.exe - Adobe Acrobat text extractor for non-PDF files (AcroTextExtractor)
  • AXE8SharedExpat.dll - AXE8SharedExpat 2017/02/23-02:41:52 (AXE Shared EXPAT (UTF-8 native))
  • AdobeXMP.dll - Adobe XMP Core 2016/09/10-02:41:30 (Adobe XMP Core 5.6-c015 ( 32 bit ))
  • AdobePIP.dll - Adobe Product Improvement Program
  • asneu.dll - AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library
  • acrodist.exe - Acrobat Distiller for Windows (Acrobat Distiller)
  • acrodistdll.dll
  • adistres.dll
  • ahclient.dll - AdobeHelp Dynamic Link Library (Adobe Help Client Library)
  • acroamt.dll - acroamt Dynalic Link Library
  • ADelRCP.exe - ADelRCP Dynamic Link Library
  • adobeafp.dll - Adobe Acrobat File Preview
  • AXSLE.dll - AXSLE 2017/02/23-02:41:52 (Adobe XSLT Engine)
  • AdobeLinguistic.dll - Adobe Linguisitc Library (Linguistic Library)
  • AdobePDFL.dll - PDFL 2016/08/31-02:38:03 (Adobe PDF Library)
  • AIDE.dll - AIDE 2015/02/03-00:43:18 (Adobe Image Decode Encode Library)
  • ACE.dll - ACE 2017/02/23-02:41:52 (Adobe Color Engine)
  • AcroRd32.dll - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
  • AcroRd32.exe
  • AcroRd32Res.dll
  • AGM.dll - AGM 2017/02/23-02:41:52 (Adobe Graphics Manager)
  • ARE.dll - ARE 2016/11/25-02:41:03 (Adobe Raster Express)
  • BIB.dll - BIB 2017/02/23-02:41:52 (Bravo Interface Binder)
  • A3DUtils.dll - 3D Utilities Library (3D Utilities Library 15.6)
  • Acrobat.dll - Adobe Acrobat DC
  • Acrobat.exe
  • AcrobatInfo.exe
  • AcrobatRes.dll
  • acrobat_sl.exe - Adobe Acrobat (Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher)
  • AcroCloudConnect.dll - Adobe Acrobat Cloud Connect DLL
  • Acrofx32.dll - Lotus Notes Field Exchange Module for Adobe Acrobat
  • adobe_oobelib.dll - Adobe_OOBELib (Adobe OOBELib)
  • adobe_upgrade.dll - adobe_upgrade (Adobe Upgrade Library)
  • Aiod.dll - Acrobat Install On Demand
  • adobe_caps.dll - Adobe CAPS (Adobe CAPS DLL)
  • Adist.dll - Adobe PDF (Adobe PDF Helper DLL)
  • Adist64.dll
  • arh.exe - Adobe AIR (Adobe AIR Redistribution Helper)
  • amtlib.dll - AMTLib (AMT Licensing)
  • AdobeCollabSync.exe - Adobe Collaboration Synchronizer 15.6

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks (Boot/Login)
  • AdobeCollabSync.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 6.
  • acrotray.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
Startup File (User Run)
  • AdobeCollabSync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Acrobat Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 2015\Acrobat\AdobeCollabSync.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • acrotray.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Acrobat Assistant 8.0' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 2015\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe".

How do I remove Adobe Acrobat DC 2015?

You can uninstall Adobe Acrobat DC 2015 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 Adobe Acrobat DC (2015), 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 Adobe Acrobat DC 2015.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 79%
Win 7 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 11%
Keep it 89%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 79.03%
Windows 7 20.97%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Pro 42.47%
Windows 10 Home 24.19%
Windows 7 Professional 10.22%
Windows 7 Home Premium 4.30%
Windows 10 Enterprise 3.76%
Windows 7 Ultimate 3.76%

Distribution by countryGeography

84.18% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 84.18%
  France 2.36%
  Germany 1.68%
  Spain 1.68%
  United Kingdom 1.68%
  Italy 1.35%
  Singapore 1.01%
  Norway 0.67%
  South Africa 0.67%
  United Arab Emirates 0.34%
  Austria 0.34%
  Brazil 0.34%
  Canada 0.34%
  Switzerland 0.34%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 50.39%
Hewlett-Packard 25.58%
ASUS 9.30%
Lenovo 6.98%
Acer 4.65%
Intel 2.33%
GIGABYTE 0.78%
Common models
ASUS All Series 3.20%
Dell XPS 8700 3.20%
Dell XPS 15 9550 3.20%
Dell OptiPlex 9020 2.40%
Dell Dell System Vostro... 1.60%
Dell Inspiron 5759 1.60%

About Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems Incorporated is computer program company focused on the creation of multimedia & creativity program products, with a more-recent foray towards rich Net application program development.
Publisher URL: www.adobe.com

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