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What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #25,014
United States Rank #21,364
Reach 0.0070%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 13.64 days
258.33 days >
Average installed length: 135.73 days

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Prince of Persia

What is Prince of Persia?

Prince of Persia is an action-adventure and platforming video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. Prince of Persia revolves around gameplay mechanics that producer Ben Mattes identifies as "pillars" of the Prince of Persia series; an acrobatic hero exploring a Persian environment with a balanced mixture of acrobatics, combat, and puzzle-solving.

Overview

Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. 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 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 PrinceOfPersia_Launcher.exe. The software installer includes 41 files and is usually about 7.9 MB (8,279,387 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.princeofpersiagame.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Prince of Persia
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/19980
Estimated size: 7.9 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Prince of Persia

Program executable:PrinceOfPersia_Launcher.exe
Name:Prince of Persia
Path:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Prince of Persia\PrinceOfPersia_Launcher.exe
MD5:6797f1f5952b220038c63763c0f200cd
Additional files:
  • PrinceOfPersia_Launcher.exe - Prince of Persia
  • binkw32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Bink and Smacker (RAD Video Tools)
  • eax.dll (by Creative Technology Ltd) - EAX Unified
  • AppOverlay.dll (by Valve) - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll (by Valve)
  • crashhandler.dll - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • d3dcompiler_46.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
  • d3dcompiler_46_64.dll (by Microsoft)
  • dbghelp.dll - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
  • icui18n.dll
  • icuuc.dll
  • libavcodec-56.dll
  • libavformat-56.dll
  • libavresample-2.dll
  • libavutil-54.dll
  • libswscale-3.dll
  • Prince of Persia.exe
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • Steam.dll
  • Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • steamclient.dll
  • steamclient64.dll
  • steamerrorreporter.exe
  • steamerrorreporter64.exe
  • SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
  • streaming_client.exe
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • uninstall.exe
  • v8.dll
  • video.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • vstdlib_s64.dll
  • winh264.dll
  • WriteMiniDump.exe - Win32 MiniDump Helper

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

4 Scheduled Tasks
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A14B6D8D-51FE-4C39-94B7-51FC1427939F}' (runs on registration).
  • GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Steam Overlaylol'.
  • PrinceOfPersia_Launcher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{964C7A97-192E-4128-A349-4E976270D34F}' (runs on registration).
  • Prince of Persia.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F6106C85-7F6F-4859-9AEB-4614DD6380CE}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1646055978-2255025000-3107839011-1001.
Startup File (User Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Steam' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • Prince of Persia.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Prince\Prince of Persia.exe'.

How do I remove Prince of Persia?

You can uninstall Prince of Persia 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 Prince of Persia, 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 Prince of Persia.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 50%
Win 10 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 53.24%
Windows 10 45.32%
Windows Vista 0.72%
Windows XP 0.72%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 22.46%
Windows 8.1 Pro 14.49%
Windows 7 Professional 14.49%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.49%
Windows 8.1 14.49%
Windows 10 Home 5.80%

Distribution by countryGeography

53.80% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 53.80%
  France 9.36%
  United Kingdom 5.85%
  Brazil 5.26%
  Germany 3.51%
  Canada 3.51%
  Netherlands 2.92%
  Australia 2.34%
  Sweden 2.34%
  Thailand 1.17%
  Belgium 1.17%
  Norway 1.17%
  Russia 1.17%
  South Africa 0.58%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 20.55%
ASUS 16.44%
Hewlett-Packard 16.44%
Lenovo 12.33%
Dell 10.96%
Alienware 6.85%
GIGABYTE 5.48%
MSI 4.11%
Toshiba 2.74%
Medion 2.74%
Compaq 1.37%
Common models
ASUS All Series 4.76%
MSI MS-7821 3.57%
MSI MS-7758 3.57%
Alienware Aurora-R4 2.38%
Acer Aspire V3-571 2.38%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.38%

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a video game publisher and developer whos knonw brands include Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Beyond Good & Evil,Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Far Cry and Rayman.
Publisher URL: www.ubi.com

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