arachnaut 2 Report post Posted November 20, 2012 I've been noticing a new folder entry in my Appdata folder called Appclicks with a settings file containing stuff like this (I obfuscated personal data): [settings] ACCleanQuit=0 launches=xxx user_uuid=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx ACEnableService=1 ACEvents= ACExistingUser=1 ACLastUsersEventDate=xxxxxxxxx I think this is due to a dll in Retrospect called appclicks.dll. Inspecting the binary file shows that it might be calling WinHttp to send some user info, like shown below in the image. I guess this is cause by clicking the preference to send anonymous usage stats, but at first I was a bit alarmed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arachnaut 2 Report post Posted November 20, 2012 Indeed, disabling the send of anonymous data turns off these settings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricU 3 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 That's right, Jim. AppClicks is our usage metrics tracking service. It helps us see how many of our users are on Windows 8 or Mountain Lion, if their Retrospect server has 4 or 8 GB of RAM, if they use a tape library, whether or not Proactive Backup scripts are being used, and so forth. It is completely anonymous, and AppClicks only provides aggregate data; we can't drill down to a specific install of Retrospect. It's a very cool service for Windows, Mac, and iOS apps, and it helps us target development to how Retrospect is actually used, instead of basing our decisions on wishful thinking. ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites