EDICT.exe
Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 2 versions of edict.exe in the wild, the latest version being 16.0.0.1117. edict.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 342.77 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. The programs Microsoft Encarta 2007 Biblioteca Premium, Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2007 and Microsoft Encarta 2009 - Premium + Student have been observed as installing specific variations of edict.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0035% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 25.12 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 8.61 KB per minute for reads and 272 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is edict.exe?
Encarta allows you to double-click any given word as a method of bringing up the dictionary. Typically, there are restrictions to this functionality (to prevent the dictionary from opening when you double-click in restricted areas) in photo credits, captions, and titles.
 Details
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| File name: | edict.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\microsoft encarta\encarta premium dvd 2009\edict.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Thursday, May 4, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries.)
“The Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009 multimedia encyclopedia combines more than 62,000 detailed articles, immersive research experiences, and thousands of trusted Web links to some of the most relevant—...”
“Microsoft Student with Encarta includes a wide range of tools and resources for students. It can help you with your math homework and your foreign language studies. Encarta combines the resources of...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of edict.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'L09AXLRD_216513' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Student\Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2009 DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'L07FXLRD_10187848' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Etudes\Microsoft Encarta 2007 - Études DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'L07FXLRD_4820618' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Etudes\Microsoft Encarta 2007 - Études DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'L07FXLRD_10225881' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Etudes\Microsoft Encarta 2007 - Études DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'E09EXLRD_6442201' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta 2009 Biblioteca Premium DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'E09AXLRD_14823698' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Premium DVD 2009\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'E07AXLRD_132017952' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Premium DVD 2007\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'L08AXLRD_694183030' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Student\Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008 DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'L08EXLRD_23069109' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Student\Microsoft Student con Encarta Premium 2008 DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
- 'E09AXLRD_536128' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Premium DVD 2009\EDICT.EXE" -m
All file variations of edict.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
46.67% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
26.67% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
13.33% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.67% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
6.67% |
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Distribution by country
TN installs about 26.67% of Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
60.00% |
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| ASUS |
40.00% |
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