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Should I remove Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
1% remove it99% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,687
United States Rank #6,080
Reach 0.0655%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.39 days
660.44 days >
Average installed length: 347.01 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
3.19 55.27%
3.17 10.23%
3.13 3.49%
3.03 15.35%
3.1.9 0.08%
3.01 13.88%
3.00 1.71%

Typically installed together

Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword

What is Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword?

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is the second official expansion pack of the turn-based strategy video game Civilization IV.

About  (from Firaxis Games)

The massive Civilization IV universe is about to become more epic with this 2nd expansion pack to the 2005 Game of the Year. The biggest Civ expansion set ever, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword focuses on the “late game” time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 unique and challenging scenarios...  Read more

Overview

Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword is a program developed by Firaxis Games. The most used version is 3.19, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 civ4beyondsword.exe. The software installer includes 72 files and is usually about 693.26 KB (709,901 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 50% of users of Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.civiv.com/beyondthesword
Help link: www.2kgames.com/civ4/support.htm
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{32E4F0D2-C135-475E-A841-1D59A0D22989}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly
Estimated size: 693.26 KB
Language: English

Program filesFiles installed by Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword

Program executable:civ4beyondsword.exe
Name:Sid Meier's Civilization 4 : Beyond The Sword
Path:C:\games\civ4\beyond the sword\civ4beyondsword.exe
MD5:886a496145fde7240060427769d86397
Additional files:
  • Civ4BeyondSword_Pitboss.exe - Sid Meier's Civilization 4 : Beyond The Sword
  • Civ4BeyondSwordbackup.exe
  • orgbeyond.exe
  • Orig Civ4BeyondSword.exe
  • Civ4Warlords.exe - Sid Meier's Civilization 4 : Warlords
  • Civilization4.exe - Sid Meier's Civilization 4
  • autorun.exe - Autorun Application
  • Mss32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Miles Sound System
  • binkw32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Bink and Smacker (RAD Video Tools)
  • python24.dll (by Python Software Foundation) - Python (Python Core)
  • zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
  • BASE_5.2_Uninstall.exe
  • boost_python-vc71-mt-1_32.dll
  • hapdbg.dll
  • vort_dls.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

3 Scheduled Tasks
  • Civ4BeyondSword.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{64109BEF-E876-416B-B260-B6E1C580FAF7}' (runs on registration).
  • Civilization4.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F51A8F4A-914C-4860-9532-38A0A2F45F6E}' (runs on registration).
  • Civ4Warlords.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{50CD1A48-64DB-4FB8-AA0F-B7B9BBD16BB1}' (runs on registration).
4 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • Civilization4.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Juegos\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Civilization4.exe'.
  • Civ4BeyondSword_PitBoss.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Juegos\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword_PitBoss.exe'.
  • Civ4BeyondSword.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Juegos\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe'.
  • Civ4Warlords.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Civ4Warlords.exe'.

How do I remove Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword?

You can uninstall Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword 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 Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword, 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 Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#6,687

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 64.57%
Windows 10 22.33%
Windows Vista 7.44%
Windows XP 5.66%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 41.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 12.32%
Windows 7 Professional 9.59%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.32%
Windows 8.1 6.24%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.46%

Distribution by countryGeography

50.44% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 50.44%
  Germany 7.75%
  United Kingdom 6.11%
  Canada 5.98%
  France 5.60%
  Australia 1.95%
  Italy 1.89%
  Sweden 1.57%
  Netherlands 1.57%
  Finland 1.51%
  Brazil 1.20%
  Poland 1.13%
  Belgium 0.94%
  Austria 0.94%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.53%
Dell 20.58%
Acer 15.78%
ASUS 10.15%
GIGABYTE 8.78%
Toshiba 6.04%
Lenovo 4.53%
Samsung 2.61%
Intel 1.23%
American Megatrends 0.96%
Sahara 0.82%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 8.41%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 5.61%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.98%
ASUS All Series 4.36%
Dell XPS 8300 2.18%
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R 2.18%

About Firaxis Games

Firaxis Games is a video game developer that focuses on strategy games whose titles are frequently prefixed with Sid Meier's name, due to his design and programming contributions and original games.
Publisher URL: www.firaxis.com

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