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Should I remove Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,302
United States Rank #19,435
Reach 0.0578%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 52.45 days
767.93 days >
Average installed length: 403.49 days

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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition

What is Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition?  (from Oxford University Press)

The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary is the world’s best-selling advanced learner’s dictionary, used by over 35 million learners of English worldwide. Type the word or phrase you’re looking for into the search box and press ‘search’. The best match will be returned. Have a look in the Search Results list to see oth...  Read more

Overview

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition is a software program developed by Oxford University Press. 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 primary executable is named oald8.exe. The setup package generally installs about 34 files and is usually about 17.26 MB (18,100,885 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 14% of users of Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition come from India, it is also popular in Iran and the United States.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\oxford\oald8
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Oxford\OALD8\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 17.26 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition

Program executable:oald8.exe
Name:ldoce5
Path:C:\Program Files2\oxakd\oald8\oald8.exe
MD5:f7ace3b7e8bd67e366810f8a44926d97
Additional files:
  • skfindfewordlist.dll
  • uninstall.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • oald8.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F63E1887-B550-465D-8AB4-A7B7A02AB215}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition?

You can uninstall Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition 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 Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition, 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 Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 8th Edition.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#7,302

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 60.25%
Windows 10 33.45%
Windows XP 3.85%
Windows Vista 2.45%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 29.64%
Windows 7 Home Premium 16.53%
Windows 7 Professional 9.59%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.60%
Windows 10 Pro 4.31%
Microsoft Windows XP 3.78%

Distribution by countryGeography

14.38% of installs come from India
Which countries install it?
  India 14.38%
  Iran 9.82%
  United States 9.82%
  Vietnam 8.13%
  Malaysia 2.86%
  Brazil 2.68%
  Italy 2.59%
  Germany 2.41%
  BD 2.32%
  Pakistan 2.23%
  MA 2.05%
  DZ 1.96%
  United Kingdom 1.88%
  Egypt 1.70%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.80%
Dell 21.84%
ASUS 15.20%
Acer 14.56%
Lenovo 7.54%
GIGABYTE 5.62%
Toshiba 3.58%
Samsung 2.55%
Intel 2.04%
Sony 1.28%
Common models
Dell Inspiron N5110 4.27%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.00%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.00%
Dell Inspiron N5010 3.73%
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... 3.47%
HP ProBook 4530s 2.67%

About (from Oxford University Press)

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.
Publisher URL: global.oup.com

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