Ace Utilities version 3 -- is this a problem?

The newest version of Ace Utilities (version 3) now loads Pstores.exe whenever Ace Utilities is run. Previous versions of Ace did NOT run Pstores.exe.

Also, even though Ace causes pstores.exe to run, closing Ace does NOT close pstores.exe, which I think is rather sloppy programming on Ace's part.

I did a google on Pstores.exe & found...

I do not use Internet Explorer or Outlook. NO WAY!

This being the case, I am puzzled as to why Ace's new version would suddenly begin running pstores.exe. Any comments would be appreciated.

 

Bump. Early today I sent a message to Acelogix asking why pstores.exe is being invoked. No answer as yet. In the meantime, I remain hopeful that someone here at Wilders might offer some insights.

 

Hi bellgamin,

That's total BS about IE requiring Pstores.exe to function correctly. I'm not sure about Outlook/Express as i don't use them/it !

I have safely disabled all these that are connected, with no side effects for years, as i do NOT have any passwords saved on my PC for security reasons.

Pstorer.dll

Pstores.exe

Pstorerc.dll

Pstorec.dll


StevieO

 

I also use Ace utilities 3.0, and it doesn't run any pstores.exe...

 

Thanks to all.

On my computer, Ace really does load pstores.exe every time I run it. It was my application firewall that told me this was happening.

I have now set my application firewall to lock out pstores.exe from running at any time. Time will tell if this lock causes any problems with Ace.

I shall post here again when/if Acelogix answers my message about this issue.

 

You are welcome