What is Portal 2 Publishing Tool?

Portal 2 Publishing Tool is software application developed by Valve Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 65.39% of installations running this operating system. Portal 2 Publishing Tool's installer is typically 7.00 MB in size and installs around 44 files.

Portal 2 Publishing Tool is most popular in the United States with 65.00% of installations residing in this country.

Portal 2 Publishing Tool adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Portal 2 Publishing Tool is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Portal 2 Publishing Tool?

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Software Behaviors

Firewall:

SteamNew.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Elliot\Lollollol !\Steam\Steam.exe'.
steamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Gamerelated\steamXP\Steam.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F379847F-E7EF-4084-9B2F-B87B28202FA4}' (runs on registration).
SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C595049B-AAB0-4C64-8971-CFB8A1A5FDD3}' (runs on registration).
SteamNew.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F5AD5BE3-8A53-416A-85DF-3F13BD2920A5}' (runs on registration).
GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{98D22EE8-FBCE-4B0A-A638-4A27C81582F5}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam 2.

Registry entries:

Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
steamTmp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent.
SteamNew.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.

Software Details

URL:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/644

Support:

https://support.steampowered.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\brandonstatz99\portal 2 publishing tool

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/644

Size:

7.00 MB

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