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Should I remove CursorFX Plus?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #20,137
United States Rank #23,567
Reach 0.0108%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 28.03 days
826.81 days >
Average installed length: 434.43 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.11 0.47%

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What is CursorFX Plus?  (from Stardock)

Stardock CursorFX is a program that lets you use and create incredibly cool looking Windows mouse cursors. Adding a shadow under Windows XP and Vista was hardly a great advance and therefore CursorFX exists to give you more-much more. CursorFX users can create and use cursors that look and feel far superior to anyth...  Read more

Overview

CursorFX Plus is a software program developed by Stardock. 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 primary executable is named cursorfx control panel.exe. The setup package generally installs about 25 files and is usually about 6.77 MB (7,103,053 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 32% of users of CursorFX Plus come from the United States, it is also popular in Brazil and Italy.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.stardock.com
Installation folder: C:\cursorfx 2.01 plus\Stardock\CursorFX
Uninstaller: "C:\ProgramData\{CEC42AA7-80BC-42B4-B5F3-8E754D04A118}\CursorFX_setup.exe" REMOVE=TRUE MODIFY=FALSE
Estimated size: 6.77 MB

Program filesFiles installed by CursorFX Plus

Program executable:cursorfx control panel.exe
Name:CursorFX
CursorFX Control Panel
Path:C:\Program Files\stardock\cursorfx\cursorfx control panel.exe
MD5:90ee6f17afd1570e3b634a55c91af6af
Additional files:
  • CursorFx Theme Editor.exe - CursorFX (CursorFX Theme Editor)
  • CursorFx.exe
  • CursorFxCpl.dll - CursorFX Integrated Control Panel
  • SDActivate.exe - Activate (Stardock Product Activation)
  • wise_post.exe - WindowBlinds
  • UninstHelper.exe - Impulse (Add/Remove Programs Helper)
  • AniUtil.exe (by Alberto Riccio) - AniUtil
  • CurXP0.dll - CursorFX support DLL
  • lua5.1.dll
  • uninstall.exe (by Indigo Rose) - Setup Factory Runtime (Setup Application)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • CursorFX.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{87A082E5-ACD6-4D31-95C5-71C48E7EE76F}' (runs on registration).
  • CursorFX Control Panel.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BA0B82AB-73ED-4962-9320-D614E0C7897A}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • CursorFX.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'CursorFX' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Stardock\CursorFX\CursorFX.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • CursorFX.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'CursorFX' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Stardock\CursorFX\CursorFX.exe".

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

CursorFX.exe
Memory:10.08 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0026774799%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00149702%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00118046%
0.015104% average
Switches/sec:361
70 average
I/O reads/min:1.9 KB
435.61 KB average

How do I remove CursorFX Plus?

You can uninstall CursorFX Plus 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 CursorFX Plus, 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 CursorFX Plus.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 63%
Win 7 0%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 72.77%
Windows 10 18.78%
Windows XP 6.57%
Windows Vista 1.88%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 37.74%
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.92%
Windows 7 Professional 13.21%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.60%
Windows 10 Pro 5.19%
Windows 8 2.36%

Distribution by countryGeography

31.90% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 31.90%
  Brazil 8.19%
  Italy 6.47%
  France 4.31%
  Spain 3.88%
  United Kingdom 3.02%
  Indonesia 2.59%
  Chile 2.16%
  Colombia 2.16%
  Romania 2.16%
  Russia 1.72%
  Mexico 1.72%
  DZ 1.72%
  Iran 1.72%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 25.42%
Hewlett-Packard 24.58%
Dell 20.34%
ASUS 12.71%
GIGABYTE 6.78%
American Megatrends 3.39%
Toshiba 3.39%
Intel 1.69%
Lenovo 1.69%
Common models
FUJITSU LIFEBOOK AH531 2.78%
ASUSTeK K52Jc 1.85%
Dell Inspiron N5110 1.85%
HP ENVY dv4 Notebook PC ... 1.85%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 1.85%
Dell MM061 1.85%

About Stardock

Stardock is a software development company that initially developed for the OS/2 platform, but switch to Windows.
Publisher URL: www.stardock.com

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