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Should I remove Media Player Classic - Home Cinema?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #3,692
United States Rank #2,525
Reach 0.1488%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 13.35 days
393.69 days >
Average installed length: 206.85 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.5.2.3456 100.00%

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema v1.5.2.3456

What is Media Player Classic - Home Cinema?  (from MPC-HC Team)

MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows®. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback.

Overview

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema v1.5.2.3456 is a software program developed by MPC-HC Team. 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 primary executable is named mpc-hc.exe. The setup package generally installs about 57 files and is usually about 10.75 MB (11,267,700 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 70% of users of Media Player Classic - Home Cinema come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: mpc-hc.sourceforge.net
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Media Player Classic - Home Cinema\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Media Player Classic - Home Cinema\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 10.75 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Media Player Classic - Home Cinema v1.5.2.3456

Program executable:mpc-hc.exe
Name:Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
Path:C:\Program Files\media player classic - home cinema\mpc-hc.exe
MD5:b6176f5638259ef5e19576e4305d94af
Additional files:
  • mpciconlib.dll - Media Player Classic - Home Cinema Icon Library
  • mpcresources.br.dll - Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (DLL de Linguagem - Português (Brasil))
  • mpcresources.by.dll - Belarusian language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.ca.dll - Recurs llenguatge Català per Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.cz.dll
  • mpcresources.de.dll - German language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.es.dll - Recurso lenguage Español para Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.fr.dll - Ressource language Français pour Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.he.dll - Hebrew language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.hu.dll - Hungarian language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.hy.dll - Armenian language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.it.dll - Italian language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.ja.dll - Japanese language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.kr.dll - Korean language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.nl.dll - Dutch language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.pl.dll
  • mpcresources.ru.dll - Russian language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.sc.dll
  • mpcresources.sk.dll - Slovakian language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.sv.dll - Swedish language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.tc.dll - Chinese traditional language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • mpcresources.tr.dll
  • mpcresources.ua.dll - Ukrainian language resource for Media Player Classic - Home Cinema
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Autoplay Handler
  • mpc-hc.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'MPC_DVD' with the ProgID of 'APR_MediaHandlers' and the action verb 'MPC_DVD.
Scheduled Task
  • mpc-hc.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E7F37838-7C18-4FC9-8184-59B5AF3A6636}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove Media Player Classic - Home Cinema?

You can uninstall Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 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 Media Player Classic - Home Cinema v1.5.2.3456, 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 Media Player Classic - Home Cinema.

USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#3,692
 
REACH
~0.15%
PC installation base

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 61.96%
Windows 10 23.50%
Windows Vista 8.04%
Windows XP 6.51%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 39.11%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.84%
Windows 8.1 9.40%
Windows 7 Professional 8.20%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.31%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.24%

Distribution by countryGeography

70.14% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 70.14%
  United Kingdom 6.07%
  Canada 4.09%
  Germany 2.45%
  Brazil 2.23%
  India 1.07%
  Australia 0.87%
  Sweden 0.74%
  France 0.67%
  Israel 0.67%
  Italy 0.67%
  Netherlands 0.62%
  MA 0.55%
  Poland 0.45%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 32.96%
Dell 23.58%
Acer 15.35%
Toshiba 9.37%
ASUS 5.97%
GIGABYTE 4.53%
Lenovo 3.55%
Samsung 2.78%
Intel 1.08%
American Megatrends 0.82%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 6.43%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 5.80%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 5.04%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 4.41%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 4.41%
Dell Inspiron 3521 2.14%

Publisher URL: mpc-hc.sourceforge.net

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