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Should I remove VideoLAN VLC media player?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #19,974
United States Rank #27,678
Reach 0.0110%

Versions

VersionDistribution
0.8.6h 100.00%

VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6h

What is VideoLAN VLC media player?

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About  (from VideoLAN Team)

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.
Overview
  • Loads into the web browser

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.videolan.org
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 31.68 MB

Program filesFiles installed by VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6h

Program executable:vlc.exe
VLC media player
Path:C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe
MD5:8791a0bf1f6a2ad0993f1d4a1f133652
Additional files:
  • npvlc.dll - VLC Multimedia Plugin (Version 0.8.6h, copyright 1996-2007 The VideoLAN Team<br><a href="http://www.videolan.org/">http://www.videolan.org/</a>)
  • axvlc.dll - VLC media player
  • uninstall.exe
  • libvlc.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • vlc.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'VLC.DVDMovie' and the action verb 'play.
Google Chrome Plugin
  • npvlc.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npvlc.dll'.
Mozilla Plugin
  • npvlc.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name '@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.1.2' with a plugin key of '@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.1.2' for all users of the PC.

How do I remove VideoLAN VLC media player?

You can uninstall VideoLAN VLC media player 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 VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6h, 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 VideoLAN VLC media player.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6h you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 37%
Win Vista 0%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Mozilla Firefox
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 44.91%
Windows XP 27.78%
Windows Vista 17.59%
Windows 10 9.72%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Microsoft Windows XP 27.44%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.74%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 13.95%
Windows 7 Home Premium 11.63%
Windows 7 Professional 10.23%
Windows 7 Home Basic 2.79%

Distribution by countryGeography

23.48% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 23.48%
  India 9.13%
  Italy 8.26%
  France 7.83%
  United Kingdom 5.65%
  Germany 5.22%
  Sweden 2.61%
  Saudi Arabia 2.17%
  Australia 1.74%
  Egypt 1.74%
  Netherlands 1.74%
  Austria 1.30%
  Canada 1.30%
  DZ 1.30%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.57%
Dell 24.06%
Acer 13.53%
ASUS 9.02%
GIGABYTE 7.52%
Toshiba 5.26%
Intel 4.51%
American Megatrends 3.76%
Sahara 2.26%
Lenovo 1.50%
Common models
Dell Inspiron 1525 3.54%
Dell Inspiron 1545 2.65%
Gigabyte G31M-ES2L 1.77%
HP G62 Notebook PC 1.77%
Acer Aspire 5332 1.77%
Acer Extensa 5220 1.77%

About VideoLAN Team

The VideoLAN project is a project, lead and composed by a team of volunteers, that believes in the power of open source when dealing with multimedia.
Publisher URL: www.videolan.org

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