What is Portal: First Slice?

Portal: First Slice is software application developed by Valve Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.42% of installations running this operating system. Portal: First Slice's installer is typically 153.00 MB in size and installs around 61 files.

Portal: First Slice is most popular in the United States with 60.09% of installations residing in this country.

Portal: First Slice adds 2 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: First Slice is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Portal: First Slice?

Portal: First Slice is a collection of 11 test chambers, specifically test chambers 00-10, initially available on Steam for users with an Nvidia graphics chipset. The demo was included as part of the Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Peggle Extreme, and Half-Life 2: Lost Coast package. Following its initial release, the demo became accessible to all Steam users before it was ultimately removed from the platform as part of the "Portal is Free" marketing campaign.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
hl2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Portal\hl2.exe'.
steamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CC29CBDA-1EA3-44CC-882F-AFADB7D351AB}' (runs on registration).
SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

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

Registry entries:

Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)' and executes as C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe.
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.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.half-life2.com

Support:

https://support.steampowered.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\pusapu\portal

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/410

Size:

153.00 MB

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