Dwm.exe
Desktop Window Manager by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) |
| MD5: | bd5debbe43a492cc75d25af43e686d17 |
| SHA1: | f0e5a7b10c2dd79feb03673c83c4e3c78518c111 |
| SHA256: | 35214dd5d7e33b43961678af7af2340a3450aa0ccf6a34c4849a37ae7279026c |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is Dwm.exe?
The desktop composition feature, introduced in Windows Vista, fundamentally changed the way applications display pixels on the screen. When desktop composition is enabled, individual windows no longer draw directly to the screen or primary display device as they did in previous versions of Windows. Instead, their drawing is redirected to off-screen surfaces in video memory, which are then rendered into a desktop image and presented on the display.
About Dwm.exe (from Microsoft)
“Desktop composition is performed by the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). Through desktop composition, DWM enables visual effects on the desktop as well as various features such as glass window frames, 3-”
Details
| File name: | Dwm.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Desktop Window Manager |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe |
| Original name: | dwm.exe.mui |
| File version: | 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) |
| Product version: | 6.0.6000.16386 |
| Size: | 96.5 KB (98,816 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.297931 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.08945318% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.04472659% | |
| User CPU: | 0.04472659% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 31 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.14 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.09 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.09 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.14 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 52.46 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 52.94 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.09 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.32 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 84 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER count: | 3 | |
Process properties
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
32.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
21.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
8.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 44.22% of Desktop Window Manager.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
20.63% |
|
| ASUS |
18.25% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
16.67% |
|
| Acer |
15.48% |
|
| Toshiba |
11.11% |
|
| Lenovo |
7.94% |
|
| Sony |
3.17% |
|
| Alienware |
2.78% |
|
| Samsung |
1.19% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.19% |
|
| Intel |
0.79% |
|
| Medion |
0.79% |
|
