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Should I remove Watchtower Library 2013 - English?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #10,292
United States Rank #6,319
Reach 0.0347%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 20.59 days
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Average installed length: 319.17 days

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Watchtower Library 2013 - English

What is Watchtower Library 2013 - English?  (from Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania)

This is a research tool for publications in English produced by Jehovah's Witnesses.

Overview

Watchtower Library 2013 - English is a program developed by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 main program executable is wtlibrary.exe. The software installer includes 2 files and is usually about 456.66 MB (478,841,555 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 77% of users of Watchtower Library 2013 - English come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.jw.org/en/publications
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Watchtower\Watchtower Library 2013\E
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Watchtower\Watchtower Library 2013\E\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 456.66 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Watchtower Library 2013 - English

Program executable:wtlibrary.exe
Name:Watchtower Library 2013
Watchtower Library 2013 - English Edition
Path:C:\Program Files\watchtower\watchtower library 2013\e\wtlibrary.exe
MD5:415e67e3653a7cc19d79c28e059961a7
Additional files:
  • uninst.exe - Watchtower Library 2013

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • wtlibrary.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A1E366A4-A6FA-4F7C-9224-31F29CF49859}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
  • wtlibrary.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'New startup' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Watchtower\Watchtower Library 2013\E\wtlibrary.exe".

How do I remove Watchtower Library 2013 - English?

You can uninstall Watchtower Library 2013 - English 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 Watchtower Library 2013 - English, 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 Watchtower Library 2013 - English.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 52%
Win Vista 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 53.36%
Windows 10 32.75%
Windows Vista 8.19%
Windows XP 5.70%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 38.43%
Windows 8.1 17.21%
Windows 7 Professional 7.42%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.93%
Windows 7 Ultimate 5.93%
Windows 10 Home 5.49%

Distribution by countryGeography

77.08% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 77.08%
  United Kingdom 7.00%
  Canada 4.56%
  Australia 2.94%
  Philippines 0.81%
  Mexico 0.71%
  New Zealand 0.61%
  South Africa 0.51%
  Japan 0.51%
  NG 0.41%
  ZM 0.30%
  India 0.30%
  Germany 0.30%
  Singapore 0.20%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 33.62%
Dell 28.30%
Acer 12.34%
Toshiba 11.06%
ASUS 5.11%
Samsung 2.98%
GIGABYTE 2.34%
Lenovo 2.34%
Gateway 1.28%
Alienware 0.64%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.91%
Dell Inspiron 3521 3.13%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.13%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.13%
TOSHIBA Satellite C55-A 2.73%
Hewlett-Packard 23-h056 2.34%

Publisher URL: www.watchtower.org

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O´Dadaover a year ago
It´s making no harm what so ever.