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Should I remove FastStone Capture?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
2% remove it98% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #13,461
United States Rank #17,869
Reach 0.0225%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.94 days
407.46 days >
Average installed length: 214.09 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
7.4 100.00%

FastStone Capture 7.4

What is FastStone Capture?  (from FastStone Soft)

FastStone Capture is a lightweight, yet full-featured screen capture tool that allows you to easily capture and annotate anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen, rectangular or freehand regions and even scrolling windows/Web pages. You can choose to send captures to editor, file, clipboard...  Read more

Overview

FastStone Capture 7.4 is a program developed by FastStone Soft. 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 programs's main executable is fscapture.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 6.93 MB of memory. The software installer includes 6 files and is usually about 2.53 MB (2,655,671 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 28% of users of FastStone Capture come from the United States, it is also popular in MA and Italy.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.faststone.org
Installation folder: C:\graphics\faststone capture
Uninstaller: C:\Graphics\FastStone Capture\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 2.53 MB

Program filesFiles installed by FastStone Capture 7.4

Program executable:fscapture.exe
Name:FastStone Capture
Path:C:\graphics\faststone capture\fscapture.exe
MD5:65f5de5abe11767ea81a7f28ccc602d6
Additional files:
  • FSRecorder.exe
  • uninst.exe
  • FSCrossHair.exe
  • FSMousePlugin.exe
  • FSRecMH.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • FSCapture.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B43DF609-F3CF-4699-BC2F-E51774CC8D3B}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • FSCapture.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'FSCapture.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\FastStone Capture\FSCapture.exe.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

fscapture.exe
Memory:6.93 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0000297906%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00002499%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00000480%
0.015104% average

How do I remove FastStone Capture?

You can uninstall FastStone Capture 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 FastStone Capture 7.4, 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 FastStone Capture.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 56%
Win 7 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 2%
Keep it 98%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 64.27%
Windows 10 28.76%
Windows XP 4.49%
Windows Vista 2.47%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 30.32%
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.42%
Windows 7 Professional 13.80%
Windows 8.1 Pro 5.20%
Windows 8 Pro 4.75%
Microsoft Windows XP 4.52%

Distribution by countryGeography

28.01% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 28.01%
  MA 6.35%
  Italy 6.35%
  BD 5.03%
  Egypt 4.38%
  DZ 4.16%
  France 3.94%
  United Kingdom 3.72%
  IQ 3.28%
  Germany 2.19%
  Saudi Arabia 2.19%
  Australia 1.97%
  Russia 1.97%
  Belgium 1.53%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 26.45%
Dell 24.28%
Acer 21.01%
ASUS 11.59%
GIGABYTE 5.80%
Lenovo 2.54%
Intel 2.54%
Toshiba 2.54%
American Megatrends 1.81%
Apple 0.72%
Medion 0.72%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 6.33%
Dell Inspiron 3521 4.43%
HP Compaq dc7900 Converti... 3.80%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.16%
ASUS All Series 2.53%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.53%

About (from FastStone Soft)

FastStone Soft specializes in graphics and image processing research. We are developing programs to share our ideas with people worldwide.
Publisher URL: www.faststone.org

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