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Should I remove Nuance PDF Viewer Plus?

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 #4,820
United States Rank #2,993
Reach 0.1078%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.78 days
436.13 days >
Average installed length: 229.15 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
7.20.3274 40.30%
7.20.3233 0.14%
7.20.3208 8.99%
7.10.3211 50.56%

Typically installed together

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Nuance PDF Viewer Plus

What is Nuance PDF Viewer Plus?  (from Nuance Communications)

Get ready to rethink your choice of free PDF reader. Nuance PDF Reader enables you to do much more than just view PDF files. You can convert PDF files to Word, Excel, and RTF via a hosted web service. Use annotation tools to highlight, cross-out, and underline text for more effective collaboration. Even fill out and sa...  Read more

Overview

Nuance PDF Viewer Plus is a software program developed by Nuance Communications. The most common release is 7.10.3211, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named PDFProCMWrp.exe. The setup package generally installs about 48 files and is usually about 1.63 MB (1,705,462 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 74% of users of Nuance PDF Viewer Plus come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.nuance.com
Help link: support.nuance.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Nuance\PDF Viewer Plus\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{042A6F10-F770-4886-A502-B795DCF2D3B5}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 1.63 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Nuance PDF Viewer Plus

Program executable:PDFProCMWrp.exe
Name:Nuance PDF Products
PDFPROCMWRP.EXE
Path:C:\Program Files\Nuance\PDF Viewer Plus\PDFProCMWrp.exe
MD5:720ec035758c6e49d9f83b97f875bf07
Additional files:
  • AppDomainLoader.dll - ScanSoft OmniPage Capture SDK (XPSFACTORYWRAPPER.DLL)
  • DocXManagedWrapper.dll - DocX Converter Managed Wrapper
  • ExcelXManagedWrapper.dll - XlsX Converter Managed Wrapper
  • ICDLLW32.DLL
  • ICHUNW32.DLL
  • PPTXManagedWrapper.dll - PPTX Converter Managed Wrapper
  • Asian.dll - Nuance OmniPage Capture SDK
  • CRX.dll
  • Defaults.dll
  • FireWrx.dll
  • FmxLFR.dll
  • FmxOcrA.dll
  • FmxVirt.dll
  • Formatter.dll
  • IF_PNG.dll - IF_PNG Dynamic Link Library
  • KernelAPI.dll
  • LecsoMgr.dll
  • LecsoX.OXML.Converters.PresentationML.dll - LecsoX.OXML.Converters.PresentationML
  • LecsoX.OXML.Converters.SpreadSheetML.dll - LecsoX.OXML.Converters.SpreadSheetML
  • LecsoX.OXML.Converters.WordProcessingML.dll - LecsoX.OXML.Converters.WordProcessingML
  • LFRModIfc.dll
  • LOGMAN.dll
  • Mor.dll
  • MorIF.dll
  • mrcr3_1s.dll - Mixed Raster Content Reader
  • pccext.dll
  • pdread.dll
  • cmpdfpropi.dll - Nuance PDF Products
  • cnvpropsheets.dll
  • cnvres_dut.dll
  • cnvres_eng.dll
  • cnvres_fre.dll
  • cnvres_ger.dll
  • cnvres_ita.dll
  • cnvres_spa.dll
  • cnvsts.dll
  • imgpdf.dll
  • PDFCOffice2007Addin.dll
  • PDFCOffice2007Addin_x64.dll
  • PDFEngine.dll
  • PdfPro7Hook.exe
  • PDFProCMWrp.exe
  • PDLight.dll
  • cpres.dll - Copy Protection (CP (All languages) resource dll)
  • p4dll1.dll - P4 (P4 Palasik's PostScript & PDF Processor)
  • p4dll2.dll
  • kdu_v43R.dll (by The University of New South Wales) - Kakadu Software Tools for JPEG2000 (kdu_v40 -- Kakadu core DLL)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • PdfPro7Hook.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'PDFProHook' which loads as C:\Program Files\Nuance\PDF Viewer Plus\pdfpro7hook.exe.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

PdfPro7Hook.exe
Memory:1.81 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0001217702%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00006194%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00005983%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:3,978
8,062,084 average

How do I remove Nuance PDF Viewer Plus?

You can uninstall Nuance PDF Viewer Plus 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 Nuance PDF Viewer Plus, 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 Nuance PDF Viewer Plus.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 48%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 48.87%
Windows 10 47.74%
Windows XP 2.02%
Windows Vista 1.37%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 23.46%
Windows 7 Professional 15.09%
Windows 10 Home 12.77%
Windows 8.1 9.93%
Windows 10 Pro 9.79%
Windows 7 Ultimate 9.70%

Distribution by countryGeography

74.47% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 74.47%
  Germany 6.91%
  United Kingdom 4.08%
  Canada 2.34%
  Australia 1.81%
  France 1.12%
  Netherlands 1.09%
  Italy 1.05%
  Belgium 0.66%
  Switzerland 0.56%
  Austria 0.53%
  Spain 0.49%
  DK 0.30%
  Israel 0.26%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 37.75%
Hewlett-Packard 27.42%
Acer 10.50%
ASUS 7.42%
GIGABYTE 5.75%
Toshiba 3.17%
Lenovo 2.75%
Medion 1.83%
Samsung 1.83%
Intel 1.58%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 6.67%
Dell XPS 8700 5.98%
ASUS All Series 5.47%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.08%
Dell XPS 8300 3.08%
Dell XPS 8500 2.91%

About Nuance Communications

Nuance provides speech and imaging applications for businesses and consumers whose products focus on server & embedded speech recognition, telephone call steering systems, automated telephone directory services, medical transcription software & systems, optical character recognition software, and desktop imaging software.
Publisher URL: www.nuance.com

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