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Should I remove Diskeeper 2009 Home?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
19% remove it81% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #43,213
United States Rank #32,463
Reach 0.0021%

Versions

VersionDistribution
13.0.844.64 24.39%
13.0.844.32 43.90%
13.0.842.64 4.88%
13.0.835.64 4.88%
13.0.835.32 21.95%

Diskeeper 2009 Home

What is Diskeeper 2009 Home?  (from Diskeeper)

Diskeeper 2009 Home has a completely new look, making it even easier to increase the speed and reliability of home or home office run PCs. Diskeeper Home also works on up to 3 computers. You will experience improved PC performance, faster boot-up times and increased speeds on everything from internet browsing to applic...  Read more

Overview

Diskeeper 2009 Home is a software program developed by Diskeeper. The most common release is 13.0.844.32, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. 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 Diskeeper.exe. The setup package generally installs about 46 files and is usually about 20.92 MB (21,934,349 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows Vista (SP2). While about 69% of users of Diskeeper 2009 Home come from the United States, it is also popular in India and Japan.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.diskeeper.com
Help link: www.diskeeper.com/support/support.asp
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{3E73666F-BC62-49A9-857D-C90A5B2CF899}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 20.92 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Diskeeper 2009 Home

Program executable:Diskeeper.exe
Name:Diskeeper (TM) Disk Defragmenter
DISKEEPER.EXE
Path:C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\Diskeeper.exe
MD5:c3d43c7610d94707e629a6a0a5c8ce5a
Additional files:
  • AppLauncher.exe - Diskeeper (TM) Application Launcher (Diskeeper Application Launcher)
  • DKCRegistration.exe - Diskeeper (TM) Registration Module (Registration Module)
  • AutoNTFS.exe - Diskeeper (TM) Disk Defragmenter (Diskeeper NTFS Boot Time Defragmentation Image)
  • Connect.exe
  • DfrgSnap.dll
  • DfrgUI.dll
  • Diskeeper.exe
  • DkActivationReminder.exe
  • DkAutoUpdateAlert.exe
  • DKLib.dll - DKLIB.LIB
  • DkMsg.dll
  • DkPerf.exe
  • DkPromotionRollUp.exe
  • DkService.exe - Diskeeper Service
  • DkServiceMsg.exe
  • DkTabProvider.dll - DKTABPROVIDER.EXE
  • DkTrialwareRollup.exe
  • NsFatAnalyze.dll
  • NsFatAutoAnalyze.dll
  • NsFatBootOptimization.dll
  • NsFatFragShield.dll
  • NsFatFSConsolidate.dll
  • NsFatManual.dll - NsFatEngineManual.dll
  • NsFatPartialDefrag.dll
  • NsFatSSDAnalysis.dll
  • NsFatSSDdefrag.dll
  • NsFatStd.dll
  • NsIfaastMeas.dll
  • NsNtfsAnalyze.dll
  • NsNtfsAutoAnalyze.dll
  • NsNtfsBootOptimization.dll
  • NsNtfsDirConsolidate.dll
  • NsNtfsFragShield.dll
  • NsNtfsFreespaceConsolidate.dll
  • NsNtfsFSConsolidate.dll
  • NsNtfsIfaast.dll
  • NsNtfsLfsDfrg.dll
  • NsNtfsManual.dll
  • NsNtfsPartialDefrag.dll
  • NsNtfsSSDAnalysis.dll
  • NsNtfsSSDdefrag.dll
  • AutoFAT.exe - Diskeeper Corporation AutoFat (Boot Time Defragmentation Engine for Diskeeper)
  • MJS.dll - MJS

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • AppLauncher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E59202EB-FA8A-4A89-BB58-591C9DF71F73}' (runs on registration).
Service
  • DkService.exe runs as a service named 'Diskeeper' (Diskeeper) "Allows Diskeeper to run on this computer and improve file system performance.".

How do I remove Diskeeper 2009 Home?

You can uninstall Diskeeper 2009 Home 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 Diskeeper 2009 Home, 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 Diskeeper 2009 Home.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 63%
Win 10 2%
 
HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 19%
Keep it 81%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 68.29%
Windows Vista 19.51%
Windows XP 9.76%
Windows 10 2.44%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 42.50%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 17.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.00%
Windows 7 Professional 10.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 10.00%
Windows 7 Starter 2.50%

Distribution by countryGeography

69.09% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 69.09%
  India 9.09%
  Japan 5.45%
  United Kingdom 5.45%
  Belgium 1.82%
  Romania 1.82%
  Israel 1.82%
  DK 1.82%
  Canada 1.82%
  Czech Republic 1.82%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 20.59%
Lenovo 20.59%
Hewlett-Packard 17.65%
ASUS 8.82%
American Megatrends 5.88%
Acer 5.88%
Medion 5.88%
Gateway 2.94%
GIGABYTE 2.94%
Sony 2.94%
Packard Bell 2.94%
Intel 2.94%
Common models
LENOVO 28479UU 5.56%
NVIDIA AWRDACPI 2.78%
MSI MS-7270 2.78%
HP-Pavilion KJ375AA-ABA s... 2.78%
Gigabyte G31M-ES2C 2.78%
FUJITSU FMVCE50Y9P 2.78%

About Diskeeper

Condusiv is a software producer that sells and supports a number of software products including its flagship productm, Diskeeper, a tool for reducing file fragmentation; V-locity Virtual Machine, a platform disk optimizer for virtual server; Undelete, which offers protection from and recovery of accidentally deleted files.
Publisher URL: www.condusiv.com

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