84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove Microsoft Help Viewer?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #844
United States Rank #1,477
Reach 0.8132%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.47 days
426.82 days >
Average installed length: 224.26 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.30319 99.98%
1.0.30128 0.02%

Other programs by Microsoft

Microsoft Help Viewer 1.0

What is Microsoft Help Viewer?

Microsoft Help Viewer is the offline help system (local help) developed by Microsoft that ships with Visual Studio. The user experience for Microsoft Help Viewer 1.x is that topics can be viewed in any installed web browser – a separate application, such as the Microsoft Document Explorer included with Microsoft Help 2, is not necessary. The browser-based model is meant to provide a more lightweight navigation, downloading, and reading experience than earlier help-viewer models.

Overview

The most used version is 1.0.30319, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The main program executable is HelpLibManager.exe. The software installer includes 7 files and is usually about 6.37 MB (6,683,707 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

Help link: go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133405
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help Viewer\v1.0\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help Viewer\v1.0\Microsoft Help Viewer 1.0\install.exe
Estimated size: 6.37 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Help Viewer 1.0

Program executable:HelpLibManager.exe
Name:Microsoft Help Viewer
HelpLibManager.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help Viewer\v1.0\HelpLibManager.exe
MD5:56ff6d300f6506fcf1317422f23150f4
Additional files:
  • HelpLibAgent.exe - Microsoft Help Viewer
  • HelpLibManager.exe
  • HlpViewer.exe
  • Microsoft.Help.dll
  • sqmapi.dll - SQM Client

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

HelpLibAgent.exe
Memory:53.74 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0000432144%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00001256%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00003065%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:10,770,436
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:22
70 average
I/O reads/min:2.72 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:42 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Microsoft Help Viewer?

You can uninstall Microsoft Help Viewer 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 Microsoft Help Viewer 1.0, 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 Microsoft Help Viewer.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#844

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 66.07%
Windows 10 25.83%
Windows XP 5.37%
Windows Vista 2.67%
Windows Server 2003 0.06%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 23.77%
Windows 7 Ultimate 22.46%
Windows 7 Professional 14.39%
Windows 8.1 6.53%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.35%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.73%

Distribution by countryGeography

31.03% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 31.03%
  Germany 5.91%
  France 4.41%
  India 4.21%
  United Kingdom 3.68%
  Italy 3.10%
  Canada 2.46%
  MA 2.40%
  Iran 2.16%
  Brazil 2.15%
  Taiwan 1.57%
  Israel 1.50%
  Netherlands 1.44%
  Australia 1.29%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.32%
Dell 22.92%
Acer 15.50%
ASUS 11.87%
GIGABYTE 7.10%
Toshiba 6.02%
Lenovo 5.26%
Samsung 3.88%
Intel 1.58%
MSI 0.88%
American Megatrends 0.68%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 7.88%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 6.54%
Dell Inspiron N5110 4.42%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.33%
ASUS All Series 3.27%
Dell Inspiron N5010 2.92%

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a variety of products and services related to computing.
Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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