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Should I remove MpcStar?

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 #3,826
United States Rank #6,324
Reach 0.1420%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 18.53 days
546.53 days >
Average installed length: 287.16 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.4 100.00%

MpcStar 5.4

What is MpcStar?  (from www.mpcstar.com)

MPCSTAR is an all-in-one package of video player, audio player and many codecs. It contains a user-friendly player and carefully selected codecs to support various media formats. With MPCSTAR, you would be able to play all your movies and music downloaded from the internet. Display lyrics automatically for audio files...  Read more

Overview

MpcStar 5.4 is a program developed by www.mpcstar.com. 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 main program executable is mpcstar.exe. The software installer includes 8 files and is usually about 50.77 MB (53,235,236 bytes). Updater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 26% of users of MpcStar come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Malaysia.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.mpcstar.com/?lang=en_us
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\mpcstar
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\MpcStar\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 50.77 MB

Program filesFiles installed by MpcStar 5.4

Program executable:mpcstar.exe
Name:TigerPlayer
Signed by:Shuang Wu
Path:C:\Program Files\mpcstar\mpcstar.exe
MD5:611173d83b00640134b7202adcef9196
Additional files:
  • CrashReport.exe - Crash Report
  • uninst.exe
  • Updater.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • mpcstar.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'tigerplayerDVDMovieOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'tigerplayer.DVD' and the action verb 'open.
Scheduled Task
  • mpcstar.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0B0D9EFC-7FCC-46B7-9173-D3AF3A66E0C5}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove MpcStar?

You can uninstall MpcStar 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 MpcStar 5.4, 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 MpcStar.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 51%
Win Server 2003 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 2%
Keep it 98%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#3,826

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 59.98%
Windows 10 32.42%
Windows XP 4.82%
Windows Vista 2.75%
Windows Server 2003 0.04%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 25.70%
Windows 7 Home Premium 21.25%
Windows 7 Professional 8.79%
Windows 8.1 5.99%
Windows 10 Home 5.03%
Microsoft Windows XP 4.88%

Distribution by countryGeography

25.91% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 25.91%
  United Kingdom 5.91%
  Malaysia 5.81%
  Canada 4.37%
  India 4.07%
  Brazil 3.79%
  Egypt 3.79%
  Thailand 2.73%
  Australia 2.60%
  Saudi Arabia 2.53%
  Philippines 2.29%
  France 1.91%
  MA 1.91%
  DZ 1.85%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.96%
Acer 21.72%
Dell 19.14%
ASUS 9.33%
Toshiba 7.02%
Lenovo 5.87%
GIGABYTE 5.49%
Samsung 4.00%
Intel 1.92%
MSI 0.55%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.48%
Dell Inspiron N5110 4.00%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.00%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.96%
ASUS All Series 2.81%
Acer V5-131 2.52%

comments1 comment

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skynyrdfan52over a year ago
I used to like this Program but recently it has started playing back files backward ( in other words the titles would be backward and everything would be reversed , I have tried to contact Mpcstar to tell them of this but have had no luck i hope somebody can get this message through to them..