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Should I remove Age of Mythology: Extended Edition?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,456
United States Rank #5,286
Reach 0.0692%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.29 days
476.08 days >
Average installed length: 250.14 days

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Overview

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition is a program developed by SkyBox Labs. 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 software installer includes 70 files and is usually about 29.5 MB (30,937,518 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 56% of users of Age of Mythology: Extended Edition come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.ageofempires.com/aom
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Age of Mythology
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/266840
Estimated size: 29.5 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

  • aomx.exe (by Microsoft Corp) - Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
  • Launcher.exe
  • libmfxsw32.dll (by Intel) - Intel® Media SDK (Intel® Media SDK library)
  • mss32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Miles Sound System
  • steam_api.dll (by Valve) - Steam Client API
  • twitchsdk_32_release.dll
  • uninstall.exe - Steam
  • AoM.eXe (by Ensemble Studios) - Microsoft Ensemble Studios Age of Mythology (Age of Mythology)
  • aom-StevieBond.exe (by CheatHappens) - Age of Mythology Trainer
  • avutil-ttv-51.dll
  • binkw32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Bink and Smacker (RAD Video Tools)
  • crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • d3dcompiler_46.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
  • d3dcompiler_46_64.dll (by Microsoft)
  • dbghelp.dll - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
  • ebueulam.dll - Microsoft Corporation EulaDll (EulaDll)
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe
  • granny.dll
  • icui18n.dll
  • icuuc.dll
  • libavcodec-56.dll
  • libavformat-56.dll
  • libavresample-2.dll
  • libavutil-54.dll
  • libcurl-ttv.dll (by The cURL library, http://curl.haxx.se/) - The cURL library (libcurl Shared Library)
  • libeay32-ttv.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
  • libmp3lame-ttv.dll
  • libswscale-3.dll
  • libx264-142.dll (by x264 project) - x264 (H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoder library)
  • Menu Manager.exe - Vachu's Menu Manager (Executable for Vachu's Menu Manager)
  • movieplayer.exe
  • msvcp140d.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2015 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
  • msvcr110d.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012
  • msvcrt.dll - Microsoft (R) Visual C++ (Microsoft (R) C Runtime Library)
  • openvr_api.dll
  • rockalldll.dll - Rockall (Rockall Heap Manager DLL)
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • ssleay32-ttv.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
  • Steam.dll
  • Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • steamclient.dll
  • steamclient64.dll
  • steamerrorreporter.exe
  • steamerrorreporter64.exe
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.json
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.json
  • SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
  • STPENUM.DLL - Microsoft Games Setup (Microsoft Games AutoRun/Setup Resources)
  • streaming_client.exe
  • swresample-ttv-0.dll
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • twitchsdk_32_Debug.dll
  • ucrtbased.dll - Microsoft® C Runtime Library

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B9A080C3-7144-4893-B6E8-913270948209}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-284693106-1457385533-720182514-1001.
Startup File (User Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'STEAM' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.

How do I remove Age of Mythology: Extended Edition?

You can uninstall Age of Mythology: Extended Edition 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 Age of Mythology: Extended Edition, 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 Age of Mythology: Extended Edition.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 63%
Win Vista (SP2) 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 62.54%
Windows 7 36.80%
Windows Vista 0.66%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 22.07%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.67%
Windows 8.1 16.57%
Windows 10 Pro 9.46%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.84%
Windows 7 Professional 7.70%

Distribution by countryGeography

55.74% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 55.74%
  United Kingdom 6.08%
  Canada 4.62%
  Australia 4.11%
  France 3.43%
  Germany 2.87%
  Netherlands 2.70%
  Brazil 2.65%
  Norway 1.80%
  Sweden 1.46%
  DK 1.41%
  Mexico 1.24%
  Italy 1.24%
  New Zealand 0.96%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS 20.83%
Hewlett-Packard 20.14%
Dell 15.45%
Acer 13.52%
Lenovo 10.21%
GIGABYTE 6.07%
Toshiba 4.41%
Alienware 4.14%
MSI 3.59%
Samsung 1.66%
Common models
ASUS All Series 14.86%
LENOVO 20378 3.77%
MSI MS-7821 3.10%
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 2.88%
LENOVO 20217 2.44%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.22%

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