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Should I remove Adobe Flash Professional CC 2015?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #15,919
United States Rank #13,656
Reach 0.0167%

Versions

VersionDistribution
15.0 100.00%

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Adobe Flash Professional CC 2015

Overview

Adobe Flash Professional CC 2015 is a program developed by Adobe Systems. 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 installer includes 121 files and is usually about 1.91 MB (2,006,655 bytes). updaternotifications.dll is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 50% of users of Adobe Flash Professional CC 2015 come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Italy.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.adobe.com/go/support
Help link: www.adobe.com
Installation folder: C:\Adobe
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\core\PDApp.exe --appletID="DWA_UI" --appletVersion="2.0" --mode="Uninstall" --mediaSignature="{31390329
Estimated size: 1.91 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Adobe Flash Professional CC 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)
  • adbeapeengine.dll - Adobe APE Engine xxxx/xx/xx-00:00:00 (Adobe APE Engine(64 bit))
  • AdobeXMPScript.dll - Adobe XMP Script 2015/04/17-23:42:41 (Adobe XMP Script 5.2-s002 ( 64 bit ))
  • AXE16SharedExpat.dll - AXE16SharedExpat 2015/04/17-23:42:41 (AXE Shared EXPAT (UTF-16 native))
  • AdobeXMPFiles.dll - Adobe XMP Files 2015/04/17-23:42:41 (Adobe XMP Files 5.6-f146 ( 64 bit ))
  • AXE8SharedExpat.dll - AXE8SharedExpat 2015/04/17-23:42:41 (AXE Shared EXPAT (UTF-8 native))
  • updaternotifications.dll - Adobe Updater Notifications Library
  • AdobeXMP.dll - Adobe XMP Core 2015/04/17-23:42:41 (Adobe XMP Core 5.6-c067 ( 64 bit ))
  • AdobePIP.dll - Adobe Product Improvement Program
  • asneu.dll - AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library
  • updaterinventory.dll - Adobe Updater Inventory Library
  • acrodist.exe - Acrobat Distiller for Windows (Acrobat Distiller)
  • acrodistdll.dll
  • adistres.dll
  • ahclient.dll - AdobeHelp Dynamic Link Library (Adobe Help Client Library)
  • AXEDOMCore.dll - AXEDOMCore 2015/04/17-23:42:41 (Adobe XML Engine: DOM Core)
  • adbeape.dll - Adobe APE xxxx/xx/xx-00:00:00 (Adobe APE(64 bit))
  • adbeapecore.dll
  • aflamingo.dll - AFlamingo 2015/02/16-14:00:00 (Adobe Flamingo)
  • acroamt.dll - acroamt Dynamic Link Library
  • ADelRCP.exe - ADelRCP Dynamic Link Library
  • BIBUtils.dll - BIBUtils 2015/04/20-13:34:52 (Bravo Interface Binder Utilities)
  • CoolType.dll - CoolType 2015/04/20-13:34:52 (CoolType Typography Engine)
  • adobeafp.dll - Adobe Acrobat File Preview
  • aflame.dll - AFlame 2013/10/29-11:47:16 (Adobe Flame)
  • AILib.dll - Adobe Illustrator CC 2015
  • AXSLE.dll - AXSLE 2015/04/17-23:42:41 (Adobe XSLT Engine)
  • AdobeLinguistic.dll - Adobe Linguisitc Library (Linguistic Library)
  • AdobePDFL.dll - PDFL 2015/03/18-12:03:59 (Adobe PDF Library)
  • AIDE.dll - AIDE 2015/02/04-16:59:02 (Adobe Image Decode Encode Library)
  • LogTransport2.exe - LogTransport Application
  • Set-up.exe - Bootstrapper Application
  • ACE.dll - ACE 2015/04/20-13:34:52 (Adobe Color Engine)
  • AcroRd32.dll - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
  • AcroRd32.exe
  • AcroRd32Res.dll
  • AGM.dll - AGM 2015/04/20-13:34:52 (Adobe Graphics Manager)
  • ARE.dll - ARE 2015/04/20-13:34:52 (Adobe Raster Express)
  • BIB.dll - BIB 2015/04/20-13:34:52 (Bravo Interface Binder)
  • A3DUtils.dll - 3D Utilities Library (3D Utilities Library 15.9)
  • CITThreading.dll - Adobe CITThreading (CITThreading_no_threading, 2.3.0.33236 ( 64 bit ))
  • Acrobat.dll - Adobe Acrobat DC
  • Acrobat.exe
  • AcrobatInfo.exe
  • AcrobatRes.dll
  • amtlib.dll - AMTLib (64 Bit) (AMT Licensing)
  • NPSWF32.dll - Shockwave Flash (Shockwave Flash 10.3 r181)
  • boost_date_time.dll - Adobe Flash CC (Adobe Flash CC.0)
  • boost_filesystem.dll
  • boost_regex.dll
  • boost_signals.dll
  • boost_system.dll
  • boost_threads.dll
  • cloudsync.dll
  • createprojector.exe
  • dvaadameve.dll
  • dvaaudiodevice.dll
  • dvacore.dll
  • dvamarshal.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • AcroRd32.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FDD62F17-D0A2-43CC-A1C1-F906EABA2CD3}' (runs on registration).
  • Acrobat.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{800D9056-12A6-4BC7-AE19-FE56641E4D2D}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • acrotray.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Acrobat Assistant 8.0.
Startup File (User Run)
  • AdobeCollabSync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Reader Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\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 DC\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe".

How do I remove Adobe Flash Professional CC 2015?

You can uninstall Adobe Flash Professional CC 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 Flash Professional CC 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 Flash Professional CC 2015.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 78%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 78.18%
Windows 7 21.82%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 25.23%
Windows 10 Pro 25.23%
Windows 7 Home Premium 8.21%
Windows 7 Professional 7.29%
Windows 8.1 6.99%
Windows 10 Home Single La... 4.56%

Distribution by countryGeography

50.24% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 50.24%
  United Kingdom 5.00%
  Italy 4.52%
  Canada 4.29%
  Australia 3.33%
  France 3.33%
  Belgium 2.62%
  Brazil 2.38%
  Germany 2.38%
  Netherlands 2.14%
  Mexico 1.67%
  Spain 1.19%
  Indonesia 0.95%
  Peru 0.95%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 27.36%
ASUS 19.40%
Dell 15.92%
Acer 9.95%
Lenovo 9.45%
GIGABYTE 4.48%
MSI 3.98%
Toshiba 2.99%
Alienware 1.99%
Samsung 1.99%
Intel 1.49%
Medion 1.00%
Common models
ASUS All Series 11.18%
ASUSTeK M52AD_M12AD_A_F_K... 4.97%
ASUSTeK X555LJ 2.48%
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 2.48%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.48%
LENOVO 20378 2.48%

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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