How to remove an Application Launcher error

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Application Launcher.exe file information

The process known as HTC Sync belongs to software Sony Ericsson PC Suite or HTC Sync or PC Suite for Sony Ericsson or Sony Ericsson PC Suite for by Teleca Sweden AB (www.teleca.com) or Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (www.sonymobile.com).

Description: Application Launcher.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of the "My Files" folder. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 159,744 bytes (35% of all occurrences), 598,016 bytes and 7 more variants.
The file is not a Windows core file. The program starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). Program can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. Therefore the technical security rating is 25% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
In case of problems with Application Launcher.exe, you can also do the following:

use the software provider's support site ^[1][2]
completely remove Sony Ericsson PC Suite or HTC Sync (Control Panel⇒Add/Remove programs)

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as Application Launcher.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the Application Launcher.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

windovsexpoler
ali coskun

graphics DLL
Herbert Glawischnig

Used by HTC Sync for Android phones
ThomasL

HTC Sync installed it along with several other resource hogging files that run all the time. I don't sync My HTC Hero phone anymore, so I dumped it.
Rocky Drown

error after removal of spy-where terminator
emmet

Summary: Average user rating of Application Launcher.exe: based on 7 votes with 5 reviews.

5 users think Application Launcher.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user doesn't grade Application Launcher.exe ("not sure about it").

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