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Should I remove Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,365
United States Rank #8,113
Reach 0.0297%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 40.63 days
268.17 days >
Average installed length: 140.90 days

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

What is Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition?  (from BeamDog)

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition includes Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, the epic conclusion of the Bhaalspawn saga. Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition combines both Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. Bundled with the game on PC and Mac, a...  Read more

Overview

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is a software program developed by BeamDog. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. 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 Baldur.exe. The setup package generally installs about 109 files and is usually about 4.78 MB (5,016,374 bytes). 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 63% of users of Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.baldursgateii.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/257350
Estimated size: 4.78 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

Program executable:Baldur.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition\Baldur.exe
MD5:e97b94572e6e2dcb704a00d31e24e6fe
Additional files:
  • Baldur.exe
  • Setup-DungeonBeGone.exe
  • weinstall.exe
  • crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll (by Valve)
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
  • 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
  • video.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • AppOverlay.dll - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • vstdlib_s64.dll
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • icui18n.dll
  • icuuc.dll
  • SteamTmp.exe
  • v8.dll
  • alternatives-v11.exe
  • Ascension-WeiDU-v1.4.24.exe
  • Assassinations_v10.exe
  • avutil-51.dll
  • BackBrynnlaw_v3.exe
  • BanterPackV14.exe
  • bg2_tweaks-v14.exe
  • bg2_tweaks-v16.exe
  • crossmodbg2-v15.exe
  • 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)
  • divine_remix-v8beta.exe
  • DungeonBeGone-v16.exe
  • DungeonBeGoneV17.exe
  • DungeonCrawl_v7.exe
  • EEKeeper.exe - Enhanced Edition Keeper (Save game editor for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.)
  • fossilize_engine_filters.json
  • g3anniversary-v9.exe
  • kivan-v15.exe
  • libav_h264-55.dll
  • libav_h264-56.dll
  • libavcodec-55.dll
  • libavcodec-56.dll
  • libavcodec-57.dll
  • libavformat-55.dll
  • libavformat-56.dll
  • libavformat-57.dll
  • libavresample-1.dll
  • libavresample-2.dll
  • libavresample-3.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

4 Scheduled Tasks
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{35064B2B-D7EC-4CD0-8082-7FF0A045A53A}' (runs on registration).
  • GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Steam Overlaylol'.
  • Baldur.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{5842974B-B7CF-464B-8E02-B701D3B96D87}' (runs on registration).
  • SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0FA4F2B3-5879-4EB7-87D7-15A36952D352}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1646055978-2255025000-3107839011-1001.
2 Startup Files (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.
  • SteamTmp.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.
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • SteamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Network connections
  • Steam.exe connects to a96-7-41-160.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (96.7.41.160 port 80).
  • Steam.exe connects to 208.78.164.14 (port 27018).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to cdn-178-79-196-253.pmo.llnw.net (178.79.196.253 port 80).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to 69.28.145.170 (port 27017).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to cm-04.lux.valve.net (146.66.152.15 port 27018).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to 80.239.194.142 (port 27030).
  • SteamTmp.exe connects to VALVE-CORPO.car2.Philadelphia1.Level3.net (4.78.155.50 port 27031).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

GameOverlayUI.exe
Memory:21.35 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0004747990%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00032078%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00015402%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:16,959,400
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:35.45 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:3.3 KB
105.02 KB average
Steam.exe
Memory:151.98 MB
Total CPU:0.0003899617%
Kernel CPU:0.00015490%
User CPU:0.00023506%
CPU cycles/sec:41,366,072
Switches/sec:374
I/O reads/min:3.07 MB
I/O writes/min:1.78 MB
SteamTmp.exe
Memory:230.39 MB
Total CPU:0.0025027453%
Kernel CPU:0.00142709%
User CPU:0.00107566%
CPU cycles/sec:28,069,388
Switches/sec:334
I/O reads/min:1.77 MB
I/O writes/min:2.18 MB

How do I remove Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition?

You can uninstall Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced 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 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced 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 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win Vista (SP2) 1%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 51.45%
Windows 10 48.03%
Windows Vista 0.51%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 28.03%
Windows 10 Home 17.61%
Windows 8.1 14.87%
Windows 7 Ultimate 13.33%
Windows 7 Professional 8.89%
Windows 8.1 Pro 5.47%

Distribution by countryGeography

63.41% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 63.41%
  Canada 7.39%
  United Kingdom 7.27%
  Australia 3.26%
  France 2.76%
  Germany 2.38%
  Finland 1.63%
  Sweden 1.50%
  Italy 1.13%
  Netherlands 1.13%
  DK 1.00%
  Norway 0.88%
  Belgium 0.63%
  Brazil 0.50%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 21.74%
ASUS 21.38%
GIGABYTE 12.68%
Dell 12.32%
Acer 11.59%
Alienware 6.88%
MSI 3.99%
Toshiba 3.62%
Lenovo 3.26%
Samsung 2.54%
Common models
ASUS All Series 11.52%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.62%
MSI MS-7821 2.62%
Alienware Aurora 2.09%
Dell XPS 8700 2.09%
ASUSTeK G75VW 1.57%

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