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Should I remove Audacity Unicode?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #3,914
United States Rank #3,333
Reach 0.1385%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 37.01 days
1091.80 days >
Average installed length: 573.66 days

Audacity 1.3.14 Unicode

What is Audacity Unicode?

Audacity is a free digital audio editor and recording application. As well as recording audio from multiple sources, Audacity can also be used for post-processing of all types of audio, including podcasts by adding effects such as normalization, trimming, and fading in and out.

About  (from Audacity Team)

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to record live audio. Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs. Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files. Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds tog...  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 audacity.exe. The setup package generally installs about 73 files and is usually about 17.43 MB (18,279,096 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: audacity.sourceforge.net
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Audacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Audacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode)\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 17.43 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Audacity 1.3.14 Unicode

Program executable:audacity.exe
Name:Audacity®
Audacity®, the Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
Path:C:\Program Files\audacity 1.3 beta (unicode)\audacity.exe
MD5:cd9c71270466a09e867dc108a097e0dd
Additional files:
  • lame_enc.dll (by www.mp3dev.org) - Lame MP3 Encoder (MP3 encoding library)
  • lame.exe (by http://lame.sf.net) - L.A.M.E. (MP3 Encoder.)
  • avformat-52.dll
  • ffmpeg.exe
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • unins001.exe
  • unins002.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • audacity.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C19CE3B1-2A70-4013-BDE8-CA1A527D34C4}' (runs on registration).
  • lame.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9F96CD66-F6A8-4E1D-AEA9-D61E1884E0DC}' (runs on registration).
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • lame.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Lame For Audacity\lame.exe'.
  • ffmpeg.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ffmpeg For Audacity\ffmpeg.exe'.

How do I remove Audacity Unicode?

You can uninstall Audacity Unicode 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 Audacity 1.3.14 (Unicode), 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 Audacity Unicode.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 75%
Win Server 2003 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#3,914

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 78.62%
Windows 10 8.20%
Windows Vista 7.21%
Windows XP 5.89%
Windows Server 2003 0.07%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 49.47%
Windows 7 Professional 14.33%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.79%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.93%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.82%
Windows 10 Home 2.76%

Distribution by countryGeography

55.02% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 55.02%
  United Kingdom 5.26%
  Italy 5.15%
  Germany 4.21%
  France 3.90%
  Canada 3.70%
  Australia 1.79%
  Netherlands 1.73%
  Hungary 1.62%
  Brazil 1.45%
  Belgium 1.22%
  Spain 1.17%
  Sweden 0.97%
  Finland 0.82%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 27.28%
Hewlett-Packard 26.17%
Acer 14.53%
ASUS 9.11%
Toshiba 7.88%
GIGABYTE 6.65%
Intel 2.77%
Lenovo 2.28%
Samsung 2.09%
American Megatrends 0.62%
Sahara 0.62%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 7.60%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 5.33%
Dell Latitude E6520 4.40%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.33%
Dell XPS 8300 3.20%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.67%

About Audacity Team

Audacity was started by Dominic Mazzoni and Roger Dannenberg at Carnegie Mellon University and was released as open-source software at SourceForge.net in 2000.
Publisher URL: web.audacityteam.org

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