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What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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Versions

VersionDistribution
2.1.7 75.00%
2.1 25.00%

PC Magazine Desktoplet

What is PC Magazine Desktoplet?  (from PC Magazine)

Desktoplet lets you perform all basic operations with the desktop icons: You can click an icon to open the application or the document the icon represents. If you right-click on the icon, the regular Windows shortcut menu is displayed, and you can choose the commands from that menu, just like when you right-click on th...  Read more

Overview

PC Magazine Desktoplet is a software program developed by PC Magazine. The most common release is 2.1.7, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The primary executable is named desktoplet.exe. The setup package generally installs about 6 files and is usually about 2.95 MB (3,095,942 bytes). The installed file update.dll is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows XP and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 88% of users of PC Magazine Desktoplet come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.pcmag.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PC Magazine Utilities\Desktoplet\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\PC Magazine Utilities\Desktoplet\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 2.95 MB

Program filesFiles installed by PC Magazine Desktoplet

Program executable:desktoplet.exe
Name:PC Magazine Desktoplet
Desktoplet
Path:C:\Program Files\pc magazine utilities\desktoplet\desktoplet.exe
MD5:f1ab2729c1fe60e89307aaf29aff01cb
Additional files:
  • DTLET32.dll - PC Magazine Desktoplet (Desktoplet DLL)
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • update.dll (by Ziff Davis Publishing) - Update Dll

How do I remove PC Magazine Desktoplet?

You can uninstall PC Magazine Desktoplet 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 PC Magazine Desktoplet, 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 PC Magazine Desktoplet.

OS VERSIONS
Win XP 50%
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
87.50%
United States

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows XP 50.00%
Windows 7 50.00%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 33.33%
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.33%
Microsoft Windows XP 33.33%

Distribution by countryGeography

87.50% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 87.50%
  Canada 12.50%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Toshiba 50.00%
Hewlett-Packard 50.00%

Publisher URL: www.pcmag.com

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