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Should I remove Freeplayer?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
23% remove it77% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #17,630
United States Rank #39,806
Reach 0.0139%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 19.02 days
560.98 days >
Average installed length: 294.75 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
20070531 82.78%
20050902 17.22%

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Freeplayer

What is Freeplayer?

Freeplayer is a feature of the Freebox to access television since its hard drive of his computer. Freeplayer client is a modified version of VLC media player , which must be run from the computer Freenaute and allows the connection between the computer and the Freebox. Freeplayer recognizes many codecs that VLC. The operation of Freeplayer is quite simple: the client sends a video stream Freeplayer the Freebox, which appears. With regard to the interaction with the user, Freeplayer also uses HTML Freebox (also used by Telesites ), a modified version of HTML 3.2, which allows to manage remote Freebox and superimpose an additional interface to the video stream.

Overview

The most common release is 20070531, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The setup package generally installs about 5 files and is usually about 38.76 MB (40,646,174 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.free.fr
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\freeplayer
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Freeplayer\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 38.76 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Freeplayer

  • fbx-playlist.exe
  • mingwm10.dll
  • Uninstall.exe
  • vlc-0.8.6d-win32.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • fbx-playlist.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Freeplayer\fbx-playlist.exe'.

How do I remove Freeplayer?

You can uninstall Freeplayer 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 Freeplayer, 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 Freeplayer.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 46%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 23%
Keep it 77%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#17,630

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 48.35%
Windows 10 29.67%
Windows Vista 12.09%
Windows XP 9.89%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.33%
Windows 10 Home 14.65%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.89%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 9.52%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.69%
Windows 7 Professional 5.86%

Distribution by countryGeography

88.48% of installs come from France
Which countries install it?
  France 88.48%
  United States 8.55%
  Canada 0.74%
  MA 0.37%
  Singapore 0.37%
  TN 0.37%
  Japan 0.37%
  China 0.37%
  United Kingdom 0.37%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 30.07%
Hewlett-Packard 23.78%
ASUS 12.59%
Dell 9.79%
Samsung 7.69%
GIGABYTE 6.29%
Toshiba 6.29%
MSI 2.10%
American Megatrends 1.40%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 6.62%
ASUS All Series 3.68%
Acer TravelMate P253 2.94%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.94%
Samsung 350V5C/351V5C/354... 2.94%
ASUSTeK K70IJ 2.21%

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