What is Windows Live Essentials Beta?

Windows Live Essentials Beta is software application developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 87.01% of installations running this operating system. Windows Live Essentials Beta's installer is typically 92.00 MB in size and installs around 121 files. The most common release is 15.4.3001.0809 with 59.21% of all installations currently using this version.

Windows Live Essentials Beta is most popular in the United States with 34.4% of installations residing in this country.

When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Windows Live Essentials Beta is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:

wlcrasvc.exe runs as a service named 'Windows Live Devices remote connections service' (wlcrasvc) "Lets you connect over the Internet to this computer and work on it as if you were sitting in front it - you can run the programs on it and browse all the files and folders on it.".

Firewall:

WindowsLiveSync.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Sync\WindowsLiveSync.exe'.

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

WindowsLiveSync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Windows Live Sync' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Sync\WindowsLiveSync.exe" /background.

Software Details

URL:

https://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-beta

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Windows Live\

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Installer\wlarp.exe

Size:

92.00 MB

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