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Should I remove American Truck Simulator?

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 #14,263
United States Rank #10,423
Reach 0.0203%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.30.0.1 0.25%
1.29.1.17 0.25%

American Truck Simulator

Overview

American Truck Simulator is a program developed by SCS Software. The most used version is 1.30.0.1, with over 0% 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. 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 main program executable is amtrucks.exe. The software installer includes 55 files and is usually about 1.04 MB (1,094,928 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 62% of users of American Truck Simulator come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: americantrucksimulator.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\American Truck Simulator
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/270880
Estimated size: 1.04 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by American Truck Simulator

Program executable:amtrucks.exe
Name:American Truck Simulator
Path:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\American Truck Simulator\amtrucks.exe
MD5:3ad2154c2257de05d6ad56739f3723ce
Additional files:
  • crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll (by Valve)
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
  • icui18n.dll
  • icuuc.dll
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • Steam.dll
  • Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
  • steamclient.dll
  • steamclient64.dll
  • steamerrorreporter.exe
  • steamerrorreporter64.exe
  • SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
  • streaming_client.exe
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • uninstall.exe
  • v8.dll
  • video.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • vstdlib_s64.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B6D81AEC-C691-4109-ACBA-39A635BBAF0E}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-3837917440-1771750534-681917250-1001.
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 American Truck Simulator?

You can uninstall American Truck Simulator 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 American Truck Simulator, 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 American Truck Simulator.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 83%
Win 7 0%
  
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 82.50%
Windows 7 17.00%
Windows XP 0.25%
Windows Vista 0.25%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 43.36%
Windows 10 Pro 27.32%
Windows 7 Home Premium 7.02%
Windows 7 Ultimate 5.51%
Windows 8.1 4.76%
Windows 7 Professional 4.26%

Distribution by countryGeography

61.79% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 61.79%
  Germany 7.68%
  United Kingdom 5.12%
  France 4.75%
  Netherlands 4.02%
  Australia 1.65%
  Canada 1.65%
  Italy 1.65%
  Spain 1.46%
  Czech Republic 1.28%
  Norway 1.28%
  Brazil 0.73%
  Poland 0.73%
  Romania 0.73%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS 18.13%
Hewlett-Packard 18.13%
Acer 17.50%
Dell 14.38%
GIGABYTE 10.00%
MSI 6.88%
Alienware 4.38%
Lenovo 3.75%
Toshiba 3.13%
Medion 1.88%
American Megatrends 1.88%
Common models
ASUS All Series 19.34%
MSI MS-7693 4.42%
MSI MS-7976 2.76%
MSI MS-7918 2.21%
Dell XPS 8700 1.66%
Gigabyte H81M-S2V 1.66%

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