What is Desktop Encyclopedia?

Desktop Encyclopedia is software application developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows Vista with nearly 48.78% of installations running this operating system. Desktop Encyclopedia's installer is typically 679.00 KB in size and installs around 52 files. The most common release is 2009.0.0.0 with 39.02% of all installations currently using this version.

Desktop Encyclopedia is most popular in the United States with 95.37% of installations residing in this country.

Desktop Encyclopedia adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:

starter.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D8DCBEEF-1D49-41D1-A303-74357C555ECC}' (runs on registration).
dictionary.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E7DB2CD7-85E7-4846-8452-E8C434326E64}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:

https://www.britannica.com

Support:

https://support.britannica.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Britannica 9.0

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Britannica 9.0\Desktop Encyclopedia\Uninstall_Desktop Encyclopedia\Uninstall Desktop Encyclopedia.exe"

Size:

679.00 KB

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