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Should I remove Altium Designer 14?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #26,439
United States Rank #31,183
Reach 0.0062%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 3.61 days
106.62 days >
Average installed length: 56.02 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
14.3.17.42447 1.63%
14.3.16.37051 3.25%
14.3.15.35511 4.07%
14.3.14.34663 8.94%
14.3.13.34012 3.25%
14.3.12.33957 1.63%
14.3.11.33708 0.81%
14.3.10.33625 2.44%
14.3.9.33548 34.96%
14.2.5.32823 11.38%
14.2.4.31871 14.63%
14.2.3.31718 3.25%
14.1.5.30772 7.32%
14.0.9.30380 2.44%

Altium Designer 14

What is Altium Designer 14?  (from Altium Limited)

Our unified electronics design software is the only one of its kind. The unique tools it provides are unmatched in the industry and can help you build the next generation of electronic products.

Overview

Altium Designer 14 is a software program developed by Altium Limited. The most common release is 14.3.9.33548, with over 98% of all installations currently using this 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 primary executable is named dxp.exe. The setup package generally installs about 72 files and is usually about 1.94 MB (2,034,736 bytes). The program uses the GLib GNOME library. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 30% of users of Altium Designer 14 come from the United States, it is also popular in Iran and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.altium.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Altium\AD14
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Altium\AD14\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe" -Uninstall -UniqueIC:"{C50E589B-43E8-4B43-A3AA-0B31ED4218A4}"
Estimated size: 1.94 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Altium Designer 14

Program executable:dxp.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\altium\ad14\dxp.exe
MD5:7f9c4a73c03b1643fe5cc63a8708b405
Additional files:
  • FastMM_FullDebugMode.dll (by PSD / Pierre le Riche) - FastMM FullDebugMode Support DLL
  • FTCALT.dll (by FTDI) - FTCJTAG Dynamic Link Library (JTAG emulation DLL for FT4232H, FT2232H and FT2232 devices)
  • freebl3.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - Network Security Services (NSS freebl Library)
  • libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
  • ibfs32.dll (by Dallas Semiconductor Maxim) - iButton-TMEX (FF IBFS32 V3.22 06/17/05 (IBFS32.DLL))
  • libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoWin32
  • AccessibleMarshal.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - XULRunner
  • gkmedias.dll
  • IA2Marshal.dll
  • libEGL.dll
  • libGLESv2.dll
  • iconv.dll (by GNU ) - LibIconv (LibIconv: convert between character encodings)
  • libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoFT2
  • bzip2.dll (by Bzip2) - Bzip2 (Bzip2: file compressor)
  • libpango-1.0-0.dll - Pango
  • libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll (by The GTK developer community) - GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit)
  • libgio-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GLib (Gio)
  • libglib-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community)
  • libgmodule-2.0-0.dll - GModule
  • libgobject-2.0-0.dll - GObject
  • libgthread-2.0-0.dll - GThread
  • AltiumMS.exe
  • avcodec.dll
  • avformat.dll
  • avutil.dll
  • DrRw40.dll
  • freetype6.dll
  • libcairo-2.dll
  • libcroco-0.6-3.dll
  • libexpat-1.dll
  • libfontconfig-1.dll
  • libgsf-1-114.dll
  • libmp3lame-0.dll
  • libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll
  • libpng14-14.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • DXP.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Altium\AD14\DXP.EXE'.

How do I remove Altium Designer 14?

You can uninstall Altium Designer 14 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 Altium Designer 14, 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 Altium Designer 14.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win XP 1%
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#26,439

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 55.28%
Windows 10 43.09%
Windows Server 2003 0.81%
Windows XP 0.81%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 21.95%
Windows 7 Professional 21.14%
Windows 8.1 Pro 13.01%
Windows 7 Enterprise 6.50%
Windows 8.1 5.69%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 4.88%

Distribution by countryGeography

29.71% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 29.71%
  Iran 7.97%
  Germany 4.35%
  Poland 3.62%
  United Kingdom 2.90%
  South Africa 2.90%
  Mexico 2.90%
  Netherlands 2.90%
  Brazil 2.17%
  Indonesia 2.17%
  India 2.17%
  Italy 2.17%
  Canada 2.17%
  UA 2.17%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 23.96%
ASUS 16.67%
Hewlett-Packard 16.67%
Acer 14.58%
Lenovo 8.33%
GIGABYTE 7.29%
Samsung 3.13%
Alienware 2.08%
Intel 2.08%
Sony 2.08%
Toshiba 1.04%
American Megatrends 1.04%
Common models
ASUS All Series 2.88%
HP 15 Notebook PC 1.92%
Dell Latitude E6520 1.92%
Dell OptiPlex 9020 1.92%
Dell Inspiron 5548 1.92%
MSI MS-7640 1.92%

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