What is Answerworks 5.0 english runtime. It’s on my W-7 64 bit and I have never used it (that I know of) Is it needed. Can I uninstall it.
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 1, 2012 at 6:22 am #485614Viewing 2 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
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AskWoody_MVPOctober 1, 2012 at 7:49 am #1351092It’s part of the help system for Quicken and Turbotax amongst others:
Is iSEEK Answerworks needed on my computer? How do I uninstall Answerworks?
iSEEK Answerworks™ is shipped with several software applications and is needed in order to provide the natural language help functionality within the products it ships with. Answerworks can be uninstalled by unistalling the product that it is shipped with. However if Answerworks™ is unistalled it can lead to an application’s help search functionality to stop working. Answerworks™ is not a virus or spyware. It makes no connections to the network and collects no information. Answerworks is simply designed to make the self service experience more intuitive, intelligent, and efficient.
http://www.vantagelinguistics.com/answerworksBruce
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AskWoody LoungerJanuary 13, 2013 at 12:07 am #1368005Just thought I’d add this screenshot so you can see where AnswerWorks comes into play. It simply allows better search capabilities to Quicken’s help. Refer to BruceR ‘s post above. I would not suggest uninstalling it. You may in fact cause a malfunction of the help system that Quicken uses.
You can see in the screenshot near the search box that it says powered by…
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