ClassicShellService.exe
Classic Shell by IvoSoft
| Version: | 3, 6, 2, 0 |
| MD5: | 81326eb34af569365437b52e4328c1c4 |
| SHA1: | 973da7d3c3a7e4e306b2103c9afcc0889f83f321 |
| SHA256: | 2769f25240c1112f4ef0aa5376682b3386fc0b84d8030da4df5e96b626c06f7f |
Overview
classicshellservice.exe runs as a service under the name Classic Shell Service (ClassicShellService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Classic Shell published by IvoSoft and Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin published by Microsoft Corporation.
Details
| File name: | classicshellservice.exe |
| Publisher: | IvoSoft |
| Product name: | Classic Shell |
| Description: | Classic Shell Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\classic shell\classicshellservice.exe |
| File version: | 3, 6, 2, 0 |
| Size: | 62 KB (63,488 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Classic Shell is a collection of features that were available in older versions of Windows but are removed from Vista and Windows 7. It has a classic start menu for Windows 7. It adds a toolbar for Windows Explorer and supports a variety of smaller features. Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others.”
To play Windows Media in Firefox, you need the Windows Media Player browser plugin installed. Even if you already have Windows Media Player installed, you may still be missing the plugin required to play back Windows Media audio and video embedded in Web Pages.
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'ClassicShellService' (Classic Shell Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000206% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000206% | |
| CPU cycles: | 257/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 808 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.18 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.15 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 808 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 20.81 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 23.34 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.15 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.2 MB | |
| Page faults: | 995/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 48 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\classic shell\classicshellservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ClassicShellService |
| Display name: | Classic Shell Service |
| Description: | “Launches the start button after logon” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
48.15% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
25.93% |
|
| Windows 8 |
25.93% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 37.04% of Classic Shell.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
37.50% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
31.25% |
|
| Dell |
12.50% |
|
| American Megatrends |
6.25% |
|
| ASUS |
6.25% |
|
| Samsung |
3.13% |
|
| Acer |
3.13% |
|
