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Should I remove Desktop Calendar?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #27,059
United States Rank #19,483
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Versions

VersionDistribution
0.54 5.13%
0.44 94.87%

Desktop Calendar

Overview

Desktop Calendar is a program developed by Tinnes Software. The most used version is 0.44, 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 desktop calendar.exe. The software installer includes 6 files and is usually about 1.67 MB (1,750,453 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows XP. While about 68% of users of Desktop Calendar come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.tinnes.co.uk
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Desktop Calendar\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Desktop Calendar\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 1.67 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Desktop Calendar

Program executable:desktop calendar.exe
Name:Desktop Calendar
Path:C:\Program Files\desktop calendar\desktop calendar.exe
MD5:55d5dc582ba144e0852fbe108d2f41de
Additional files:
  • ResetDCPosition.exe (by Home) - Reset DC Position
  • RemoveDC.exe (by Home) - DC Remover
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Desktop Calendar.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E2651BBD-E2ED-4991-A7CA-9D0125F7754F}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • Desktop Calendar.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Desktop Calendar' and executes as C:\Program Files\Desktop Calendar\Desktop Calendar.exe.

How do I remove Desktop Calendar?

You can uninstall Desktop Calendar 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 Desktop Calendar, 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 Desktop Calendar.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win XP 1%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 54.24%
Windows XP 22.03%
Windows 10 20.34%
Windows Vista 3.39%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 34.19%
Microsoft Windows XP 22.22%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.26%
Windows 7 Professional 9.40%
Windows 10 Home 9.40%
Windows 8.1 5.13%

Distribution by countryGeography

67.90% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 67.90%
  United Kingdom 4.32%
  Canada 3.70%
  New Zealand 3.09%
  Australia 2.47%
  Sweden 1.85%
  India 1.85%
  BD 1.85%
  Romania 1.85%
  France 1.23%
  Philippines 1.23%
  Czech Republic 1.23%
  Hong Kong 0.62%
  MA 0.62%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 34.88%
Dell 24.42%
Acer 16.28%
American Megatrends 5.81%
GIGABYTE 4.65%
ASUS 4.65%
Sahara 3.49%
Intel 2.33%
Lenovo 2.33%
Compaq 1.16%
Common models
HP 2000 Notebook PC 5.15%
Dell Inspiron 24-3455 3.09%
HP-Pavilion FQ565AA-ABA a... 3.09%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.09%
Compaq-Presario KJ384AA-A... 2.06%
Gigabyte M61PME-S2 2.06%

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