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Should I remove Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE v.?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
12% remove it88% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #8,234
United States Rank #11,335
Reach 0.0488%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 62.66 days
801.40 days >
Average installed length: 421.08 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
6.8.1 100.00%

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Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE v.6.81

What is Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE v.?

Ashampoo Burning Studio is an optical disc authoring program that it is simple, lightweight, and very easy to use. It is capable of creating compilations of CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and disc images. It also allows the creation of DVD movies from video files.

About  (from Ashampoo)

Multi-disc file backup and restore on CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs; create compressed backup archives with powerful password protection; split archives automatically across multiple CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray discs; restore archive contents to their original locations; integrated Audio CD ripper store your audio tracks as WMA...  Read more

Overview

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 primary executable is named burningstudio.exe. The setup package generally installs about 16 files and is usually about 30.21 MB (31,679,251 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.ashampoo.com
Help link: www.ashampoo.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 30.21 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE v.6.81

Program executable:burningstudio.exe
Name:ashampoo Technology GmbH & Co. KG
Burning Studio 6 Free
Path:C:\Program Files\ashampoo\ashampoo burning studio 6 free\burningstudio.exe
MD5:a348db3183f9e45495b6abee0dc38b20
(From the publisher) “Ashampoo Burning Studio Elements offers you everything you need to burn movies, music and data - fast and effectively. The software with the intuitive user interface focuses on the core competencies of burning software...”
Additional files:
  • BRNTCDAU.dll - Shortcut (Unicode) Dynamic Link Library (Shortcut DLL (Unicode))
  • acdw.dll - ashampoo Optical Disc Library
  • CancelAutoplay.exe - Shortcut CancelAutoplay
  • ashDriverSetup.exe - ashDriverSetup
  • 0710_remove.exe - Ashampoo Removal Tool
  • ash_spti.dll - ASPI Emulator
  • AcdwFlac.dll
  • AcdwVorbis.dll
  • AcdwWMA.dll
  • ash_UpdateMediator.exe
  • DecMPA.dll
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • burningstudio.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'ASHAshampoo_Burning_Studio_6_FREECOPYONARRIVAL' with the ProgID of 'Ashampoo.BurningStudio6FREE' and the action verb 'autoplay-copy.
Scheduled Task
  • burningstudio.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F27C7CA4-41C2-4667-8C27-72CE277D18C4}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • burningstudio.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE\burningstudio.exe'.

How do I remove Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE v.?

You can uninstall Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE v. 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 Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE v.6.81, 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 Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE v..

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 62%
Win Vista 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 12%
Keep it 88%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#8,234

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 67.12%
Windows 10 17.07%
Windows XP 10.93%
Windows Vista 4.89%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.06%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.82%
Windows 7 Professional 11.27%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.86%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 3.86%
Windows 10 Pro 2.71%

Distribution by countryGeography

27.94% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 27.94%
  Germany 18.85%
  Brazil 9.09%
  Italy 5.93%
  Czech Republic 4.98%
  United Kingdom 3.92%
  Canada 2.01%
  Netherlands 2.01%
  Russia 1.44%
  Israel 1.34%
  Croatia 1.24%
  Poland 1.24%
  Australia 1.15%
  Belgium 1.05%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.50%
Acer 23.71%
Dell 14.94%
GIGABYTE 9.56%
ASUS 7.57%
Toshiba 4.78%
Medion 4.58%
Lenovo 3.59%
Samsung 2.99%
American Megatrends 1.99%
Intel 1.79%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 5.08%
HP HP Z240 SFF Workstatio... 4.30%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.73%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.34%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.34%
LENOVO IdeaPad Z580 1.95%

About Ashampoo

Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG is a computer software company based in Oldenburg, Germany. They are best known for Ashampoo Burning Studio and Ashampoo WinOptimizer.
Publisher URL: www.ashampoo.com

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