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What percent of users and experts removed it?
25% remove it75% keep it
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How common is it?
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United States Rank #32,132
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Lifespan of installation (until removal)
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Average installed length: 75.28 days

Desktop Icon Toy 4.7

What is Desktop Icon Toy?  (from iDeskSoft)

Desktop Icon Toy is a desktop icon enhancement tool that allows you to make many funny but useful things for your windows desktop icons. What cool things could you do with Desktop Icon Toy? Arrange Desktop Icons You can arrange desktop icons by many complex figures, like: Clock (all the icons will be aligned as a clock...  Read more

Overview

Desktop Icon Toy 4.7 is a software program developed by iDeskSoft. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 DesktopIconToy.exe. The setup package generally installs about 7 files and is usually about 2.04 MB (2,134,693 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 13% of users of Desktop Icon Toy come from MA, it is also popular in the United States and Iran.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.idesksoft.com
Help link: www.idesksoft.com/contact.html
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Desktop Icon Toy\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Desktop Icon Toy\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 2.04 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Desktop Icon Toy 4.7

Program executable:DesktopIconToy.exe
Name:Desktop Icon Toy
Path:C:\Program Files\Desktop Icon Toy\DesktopIconToy.exe
MD5:6e1e5a1c233944c2ade9688ab40761d2
Additional files:
  • DesktopIconToy.exe - Desktop Icon Toy
  • HookManager.dll - HookManager Dynamic Link Library (HookManager DLL)
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • mfc90u.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 (MFCDLL Shared Library - Retail Version)
  • msvcp90.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library
  • msvcr90.dll - Microsoft® C Runtime Library
  • ايقونات الشامخ.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • unins000.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'iTunesShowSongsOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'iTunes.ShowSongsOnCD' and the action verb 'showsongs.
Scheduled Task
  • DesktopIconToy.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E0C355FF-C96C-4433-8A2C-BAFE3200DEFF}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • DesktopIconToy.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'DesktopIconToy' and executes as C:\Program Files\Desktop Icon Toy\DesktopIconToy.exe.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

DesktopIconToy.exe
Memory:1.63 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0002792823%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00013149%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00014779%
0.015104% average
Switches/sec:5
70 average

How do I remove Desktop Icon Toy?

You can uninstall Desktop Icon Toy 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 Icon Toy 4.7, 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 Icon Toy.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
Win XP 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 25%
Keep it 75%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 71.24%
Windows 10 19.40%
Windows XP 6.69%
Windows Vista 2.68%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 44.11%
Windows 7 Professional 11.78%
Windows 7 Home Premium 6.73%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.73%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.04%
Windows 7 Home Basic 3.37%

Distribution by countryGeography

12.71% of installs come from MA
Which countries install it?
  MA 12.71%
  United States 12.71%
  Iran 10.03%
  DZ 6.35%
  Egypt 6.02%
  Colombia 4.01%
  Saudi Arabia 4.01%
  Spain 3.01%
  TN 2.34%
  Mexico 2.34%
  Brazil 2.01%
  Argentina 2.01%
  IQ 2.01%
  Venezuela 2.01%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.87%
Acer 21.83%
Dell 19.29%
ASUS 9.14%
Lenovo 6.60%
GIGABYTE 6.09%
Toshiba 4.57%
Compaq 4.06%
Samsung 3.55%
Common models
HP Compaq dc7600 Converti... 6.67%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.67%
Dell Inspiron N5010 3.33%
ECS G41T-M 2.67%
Acer Aspire 5538 2.00%
Intel Corporation Intel p... 2.00%

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