ehtray.exe
Media Center Tray Applet by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
ehtray.exe has 12 known versions, the most recent one is 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). ehtray.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 120.46 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0060% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.52 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 43 Bytes per minute for reads and 6 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is ehtray.exe?
Media Center Tray Applet (ehtray.exe) is the program that runs in the notification area system tray for Microsoft Media Center.
About ehtray.exe (from Microsoft)
“Microsoft Windows Media Center is a feature of certain SKUs of the Windows 7 operating system that includes enhanced capabilities for consolidating digital entertainment and media content and deliveri”
 Details
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| File name: | ehtray.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Media Center Tray Applet |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\windows\ehome\ehtray.exe |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of ehtray.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ehTray.exe' → C:\Windows\ehome\ehTray.exe
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ehTray' → C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe
All file variations of ehtray.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
78.95% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
11.11% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.36% |
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| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
0.58% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 67.47% of Media Center Tray Applet.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
21.94% |
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| Dell |
21.94% |
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| Sony |
14.19% |
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| Toshiba |
11.61% |
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| Gateway |
10.32% |
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| ASUS |
7.74% |
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| Acer |
3.87% |
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| Lenovo |
2.58% |
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| Intel |
2.58% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.94% |
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| Samsung |
1.29% |
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