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Should I remove Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #15,145
United States Rank #38,701
Reach 0.0183%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 54.63 days
644.06 days >
Average installed length: 338.40 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
10.0.40219 54.02%
10.0.30319 45.98%

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Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA

What is Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA?  (from Microsoft)

Visual Studio 2010 gives you a free set of tools for putting your ideas into action. Create great applications for phone, cloud, mobile, desktop, and Web—all the while familiarizing yourself with the Visual Studio IDE. Build custom applications in Visual Basic, a fast and easy way to create .NET Framework-based Windows...  Read more

Overview

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA is a program developed by Microsoft. The most used version is 10.0.40219, 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 main program executable is vbexpress.exe. The software installer includes 54 files. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 91% of users of Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA come from Italy, it is also popular in the United States and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-products
Help link: go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133405
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA\setup.exe

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA

Program executable:vbexpress.exe
Name:Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010
Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express
Path:C:\Program Files\microsoft visual studio 10.0\common7\ide\vbexpress.exe
MD5:34c138dcd7752b50ea6056be5bb8d4e0
Additional files:
  • MakeZipExe.exe - Microsoft (R) Visual Studio (R) 2010
  • vshost.exe
  • vshost32.exe
  • vshost32-clr2.exe
  • vshost-clr2.exe
  • VSIXInstaller.exe
  • DDConfigCA.exe - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 (Microsoft DDConfig Custom Action)
  • DeleteTemp.exe - Visual Studio Delete Temp Util
  • mspdbsrv.exe - Microsoft® Program Database
  • msvsmon.exe - Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor
  • setup.exe - Eseguibile Suite Integration Toolkit
  • StorePID.exe - Microsoft Product Activation
  • UserControlTestContainer.exe - Microsoft® .NET Framework (.NET Framework UserControl Test Container)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • vbexpress.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\vbexpress.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

vshost.exe
Memory:24.09 MB
21.09 MB average
User CPU:0.00009761%
0.015104% average
vshost32.exe
Memory:18.66 MB
Total CPU:0.0001750403%
Kernel CPU:0.00011011%
User CPU:0.00006493%
vshost-clr2.exe
Memory:77.9 MB
Total CPU:0.0394600577%
Kernel CPU:0.01973510%
User CPU:0.01972496%
CPU cycles/sec:227,985,852
Switches/sec:2,694
I/O reads/min:32.92 MB
I/O writes/min:140.02 KB

How do I remove Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA?

You can uninstall Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA 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 Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA, 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 Visual Basic 2010 Express - ITA.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 48%
Win 7 (SP1) 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#15,145

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 48.48%
Windows 7 42.38%
Windows XP 6.09%
Windows Vista 3.05%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.61%
Windows 10 Home 17.83%
Windows 7 Professional 10.03%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.03%
Windows 8.1 8.08%
Windows 10 Pro 6.96%

Distribution by countryGeography

90.88% of installs come from Italy
Which countries install it?
  Italy 90.88%
  United States 7.12%
  Germany 0.57%
  France 0.28%
  Switzerland 0.28%
  AL 0.28%
  Romania 0.28%
  Peru 0.28%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 27.15%
Acer 25.34%
ASUS 22.62%
Samsung 5.88%
Dell 4.98%
Toshiba 4.07%
GIGABYTE 2.71%
Lenovo 2.71%
American Megatrends 1.81%
Intel 1.81%
Alienware 0.90%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 7.79%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.19%
ASUSTeK K53SD 1.95%
ASUSTeK K56CM 1.95%
Acer Aspire 5755G 1.95%
Acer Aspire 5742G 1.95%

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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