Creative MediaSource
What is Creative MediaSource? (from Creative Technology Ltd)
Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer enables you to manage your entire digital music collection on both your computer and your Creative portable music player effortlessly.
Overview
Creative MediaSource is a program developed by Creative Technology Ltd. The most used version is 3.00, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 main program executable is CTCMS.exe. The software installer includes 45 files and is usually about 9.91 MB (10,388,068 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows XP as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 58% of users of Creative MediaSource come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Germany.
Program details
URL: www.creative.com
Help link: www.creative.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Creative\MediaSource
Uninstaller: RunDll32 C:\Program Files1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\09\01\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{2
Estimated size: 9.91 MB
Files installed by Creative MediaSource
| Program executable: | CTCMS.exe |
| Name: | Creative MediaSource |
| Creative MediaSource Player |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\Creative\MediaSource\CTCMS.exe |
| MD5: | 158f01fa31fc0caa80a717d65d56a78f |
Additional files:
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MFInfou.dll - Creative Media File Information Module (DLL to get media file information)
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SkinChsr.dll - Skin Chooser Plug-in Property Page (Creative MediaSource 2 Skin Chooser Plug-in)
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CTMigMgr.dll - CTMigMgr Dynamic Link Library (CTMigMgr DLL)
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CTABase.dll - CTABase Dynamic Link Library (CTABase DLL)
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CTECMig.dll - CTECMig Dynamic Link Library (CTECMig DLL)
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CTMBase.dll - CTMBase Dynamic Link Library (CTMBase DLL)
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CTImpt3u.exe - ImportSwordFish Application (Creative Import Wizard File)
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HookWnd.dll - Creative Dialog Skin Engine
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HookWndU.dll
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CTCMS.exe - Creative MediaSource (Creative MediaSource Player)
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CTEAXCln.dll - EAX Clone Module
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CTMxEng.dll - Creative MediaSource Mixer DLL
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CTPlayQU.dll - Playback Queue Module
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CTRecEng.dll - Creative MediaSource Recording DLL
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CTSevPro.dll - Creative MediaSource Service Process DLL
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CTTranQU.dll - Transfer Queue Module
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CTVidWnd.dll - Creative MediaSource Video Window DLL
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CTAbout.dll - Creative About Box
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CTAudSel.dll - CTAudSel library
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CMSRegOW.exe - CMSRegOW
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CTIntrfu.dll - CTIntrfc
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CTRegSvu.exe - CTRegSvr
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CTDetect.exe - Creative MediaSource Detector
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CTCMSGo.exe - Creative MediaSource Go!
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CTCMSGoU.exe
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CtrlSrcu.dll - Creative Theme Engine (Creative Theme Engine RTX Base Control DLL)
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CTThemeu.dll - Creative Theme Engine DLL
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ThmResu.dll - Creative Theme Engine Theme Resources DLL
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CTIntrfc.dll
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CTIniFu.dll - CTIniF
Behaviors exhibited
Autoplay Handler
- CTCMS.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'CTPlayMusicFilesOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'CTAutoPL.MusicFilesPlayer.1' and the action verb 'open.
Scheduled Task
- CTCMS.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{21372961-2843-4F66-9B8C-470AB3F0E435}' (runs on registration).
2 Startup Files (User Run)
- CTDetect.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Creative Detector' and executes as C:\ProgramFiles\Program Files2\Creative\Media Source\Detector\CTDetect.exe /R.
- CTCMSGo.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Creative MediaSource Go' and executes as "C:\ProgramFiles\Program Files2\Creative\Media Source\Go\CTCMSGo.exe" /SCB.
How do I remove Creative MediaSource?
You can uninstall Creative MediaSource from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- 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.
- When you find the program Creative MediaSource, 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Creative MediaSource.
OS VERSIONS
Win XP 50%
Win 7 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows XP |
52.80% |
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| Windows 7 |
32.94% |
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| Windows 10 |
7.79% |
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| Windows Vista |
6.07% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.39% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
53.13% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
18.32% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.14% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.06% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
5.15% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
2.54% |
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Geography
57.89% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
57.89% |
| United Kingdom |
9.04% |
| Germany |
5.24% |
| Canada |
3.67% |
| Italy |
2.77% |
| France |
2.29% |
| Netherlands |
2.23% |
| Sweden |
1.87% |
| Australia |
1.45% |
| Spain |
1.14% |
| Belgium |
1.02% |
| Greece |
1.02% |
| Norway |
0.66% |
| Japan |
0.66% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
50.13% |
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| American Megatrends |
10.38% |
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| GIGABYTE |
10.13% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
9.36% |
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| Intel |
8.85% |
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| Acer |
4.36% |
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| ASUS |
3.21% |
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| Toshiba |
2.31% |
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| Sahara |
1.28% |
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Common models |
| Dell Dimension 8400 ... |
11.22% |
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| Dell Dell DXP051 |
7.40% |
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| Dell Dell DM051 |
5.73% |
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| Dell Computer Dimension 8... |
4.77% |
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| Dell Dimension 4700 ... |
4.30% |
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| Dell Dell DXP061 |
3.82% |
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About Creative Technology Ltd
Creative designs, manufactures and distributes digitized sound and video boards, computers and related multimedia, and personal digital entertainment products.
Publisher URL: us.creative.com