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Should I remove Microsoft Help Viewer Language Pack - TRK?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
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Versions

VersionDistribution
2.0.50727 100.00%

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Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 Language Pack - TRK

What is Microsoft Help Viewer Language Pack - TRK?

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

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 software installer includes 5 files and is usually about 14.47 MB (15,172,643 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

Help link: go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133405
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help Viewer\v2.0\
Uninstaller: msiexec.exe /X{5735E38F-FE20-32C4-AD36-E01E8DA79D9E}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 14.47 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 Language Pack - TRK

  • HlpCtntMgr.exe - Microsoft Help Viewer
  • HlpViewer.exe
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Help.dll
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Help.Runtime.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • HlpViewer.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{3EA4465F-70BD-4D54-911E-4550C80E09AD}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • HlpCtntMgr.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'VSHelpUpdate_VisualStudio11' and executes as C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help Viewer\v2.0\HlpCtntMgr.exe /operation restart /catalogName VisualStudio11 /restart InstallCommand /locale en-US.

How do I remove Microsoft Help Viewer Language Pack - TRK?

You can uninstall Microsoft Help Viewer Language Pack - TRK 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 2.0 Language Pack - TRK, 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 Language Pack - TRK.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win 10 46%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 53.57%
Windows 10 46.43%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.86%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.29%
Windows 7 Home Basic 14.29%
Windows 8 Pro 10.71%
Windows 8.1 Pro 7.14%
Windows 7 Professional 7.14%

Distribution by countryGeography

72.41% of installs come from Turkey
Which countries install it?
  Turkey 72.41%
  United States 24.14%
  AZ 3.45%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 20.00%
Acer 20.00%
Samsung 20.00%
GIGABYTE 10.00%
Sony 10.00%
Sahara 5.00%
Lenovo 5.00%
Dell 5.00%
ASUS 5.00%
Common models
Sony VPCF23S1E 4.55%
Sony VPCEH1L0E 4.55%
Samsung R580/R590 4.55%
Samsung R530/R730/R540 ... 4.55%
Samsung 300E4Z/300E5Z/300... 4.55%
Quanta TWH 4.55%

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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