Rising Cities
What is Rising Cities?
Rising Cities is an app for the Pokki desktop platform. The app itself runs as an embedded HTML5 program within the Pokki software outside of the web browser.
About (from SweetLabs)
Rising Cities, the free-to-play urban development and strategy game. In Rising Cities it's all about power, finances, strategy and urban development. Get a city started and maybe even turn it into a metropolis! It's all totally free! Create living spaces for your Rising Cities citizens, collect their rent and use your... Read more
Overview
The most used version is v1.1.1, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 installer includes 21 files and is usually about 95.75 MB (100,398,017 bytes). HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.
Program details
Displayed publisher: Pokki
URL: www.pokki.com/app/Rising-Cities
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\pokki\engine
Uninstaller: "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe" /UNINSTALL66b0ef1e95580af53b82940745cf2e74ac57fd03
Estimated size: 95.75 MB
Files installed by Rising Cities
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HostAppServiceUpdater.exe (by Pokki) - Host App Service Updater
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StartMenuIndexer.exe (by Pokki) - Start Menu Service
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HostAppService.exe - Host App Service
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Launcher.dll - Pokki (Pokki support library.)
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pokki.exe
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libPokki.dll (by The Chromium Authors) - Chromium
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- pokki.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0DAE7161-A16D-437F-BD0E-BA1ECE615375}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Pokki.
3 Startup Files (User Run)
- HostAppServiceUpdater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pokki' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppServiceUpdater.exe" /LOGON.
- Launcher.dll is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pokki' and executes as C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\Launcher.dll",RunLaunchPlatform.
- pokki.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'pokki.exe' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe.
2 Startup Files (User Run Once)
- pokki.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #3' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\pokki.exe --disable-internal-flash --noerrdialogs --no-message-box --disable-extensions --disable-web-security --disable-web-resources --disable-client-side-p.
- HostAppService.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #11' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppService.exe --disable-internal-flash --noerrdialogs --no-message-box --disable-extensions --disable-web-security --disable-web-resources --disable-clie.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- Launcher.dll is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Pokki' which loads as C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Pokki\Engine\Launcher.dll",RunLaunchPlatform.
Network connections
- pokki.exe connects to www2.twitter.com (199.59.149.198 port 443).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
pokki.exe |
Memory: | 79.58 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0009914226% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00042370% | |
User CPU: | 0.00056772% | |
CPU cycles/sec: | 7,679,896 | |
I/O reads/min: | 932.54 KB | |
I/O writes/min: | 217.3 KB | |
How do I remove Rising Cities?
You can uninstall Rising Cities from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- 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.
- When you find the program Rising Cities, 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Rising Cities.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 77%
Win 7 (SP1) 23%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 42%
Keep it 58%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 |
76.67% |
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Windows 7 |
23.33% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 8.1 |
43.33% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
13.33% |
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Windows 8.1 Connected |
10.00% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.67% |
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Windows 10 Home |
6.67% |
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Windows 8 |
3.33% |
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Geography
48.65% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
48.65% |
Germany |
8.11% |
DK |
8.11% |
Turkey |
8.11% |
Greece |
5.41% |
Netherlands |
5.41% |
Hungary |
5.41% |
France |
2.70% |
Australia |
2.70% |
Philippines |
2.70% |
Italy |
2.70% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer |
32.14% |
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Lenovo |
21.43% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
21.43% |
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Toshiba |
10.71% |
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Sony |
7.14% |
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GIGABYTE |
3.57% |
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Samsung |
3.57% |
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Common models |
TOSHIBA Satellite S55-A |
3.33% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite L755 |
3.33% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite A300 |
3.33% |
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Sony SVE1513F1EW |
3.33% |
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Sony Reserved |
3.33% |
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Samsung 535U3C |
3.33% |
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About SweetLabs
SweetLabs has two platforms, Pokki, a platform which brings media-rich web apps to the desktop and the OpenCandy Software Network, which offers installer based software bundles through the download and installation process.
Publisher URL: www.pokki.com