BingDesktop.exe
Bing Desktop by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 17 versions of bingdesktop.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.3.470.0. bingdesktop.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 2.17 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0083% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 11.85 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 24.21 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 9.71 KB per minute for reads and 22.59 KB per minute for writes.
What is bingdesktop.exe?
Bing Desktop is a gadget-like Windows program for Windows 7 that adds a search bar to Windows Desktop and changes the desktop background to that of Bing's image of the day.
 Details
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| File name: | bingdesktop.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corp. |
| Product name: | Bing Desktop |
| Description: | Bing Desktop application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\microsoft\bingdesktop\bingdesktop.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Monday, October 10, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Bing Desktop.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of bingdesktop.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'BingDesktop' → C:\Program Files\Microsoft\BingDesktop\BingDesktop.exe /fromkey
Scheduled tasks
- The task '{F554B8B4-EAB0-46BC-9B40-AF5BD9B7B1EA}' runs on registration in the path '\{F554B8B4-EAB0-46BC-9B40-AF5BD9B7B1EA}'
- The task '{BA5B5F83-966E-47CA-ACC3-E4D4FACD2EA5}' runs on registration in the path '\{BA5B5F83-966E-47CA-ACC3-E4D4FACD2EA5}'
All file variations of bingdesktop.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
41.73% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
13.67% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.79% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.47% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.76% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.76% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
3.60% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
3.60% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.16% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.44% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.44% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.72% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
0.72% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.72% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.72% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
0.72% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 71.22% of Bing Desktop.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.62% |
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| Dell |
20.00% |
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| Toshiba |
13.85% |
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| Acer |
9.23% |
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| ASUS |
7.69% |
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| Lenovo |
6.15% |
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| Sony |
6.15% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.62% |
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| Intel |
4.62% |
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| Medion |
3.08% |
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