ETDCtrl.exe

ELAN Smart-Pad by ELAN Microelectronics Corporation (Signed)

Remove ETDCtrl.exe

Overview

etdctrl.exe has 15 known versions, the most recent one is 10.0.0.104. etdctrl.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 2.49 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to ELAN Microelectronics Corporation by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs ETDWare PS/2-X64 10.7.16.1_WHQL, ETDWare PS/2-X64 8.0.5.3_WHQL and ETDWare X64 11.7.5.5_WHQL have been observed as installing specific variations of etdctrl.exe. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0008% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 6.02 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 12.31 MB and typical read I/O operations are around 23 Bytes per minute.

What is etdctrl.exe?

ETD Control Center is part of the ELAN Smart-Pad, a type of multi-finger touch pad input device for laptops.

About etdctrl.exe (from ELAN Microelectronics Corporation)

Smart pad (multi-finger touch pad) is a kind of NB input device. It's different from traditional touchpad, because it can support multi-finger gesture to let user interact with their notebook system m

DetailsDetails

File name:etdctrl.exe
Publisher:ELAN Microelectronics Corp.
Product name:ELAN Smart-Pad
Description:ETD Control Center
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\elantech\etdctrl.exe
Certificate
Issued to:ELAN Microelectronics Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Expiration date:Friday, November 7, 2014

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of ELAN Smart-Pad.)
ELAN Microelectronic Corp.
9% remove
ETDWare PS/2-x64 is the device driver installed for an Elan Microelectronics Touch Pad. ELAN's Smart Click-Pad eliminates the need of physical buttons since the entire touchpad functions as buttons. U...
ELAN Microelectronic Corp.
7% remove
Lenovo Pointing Device driver is the software driver and configuration manager software for the default touchpad included with Lenovo laptops with a pointing device.
ELAN Microelectronic Corp.
11% remove
ThinkPad UltraNav Driver is the software driver and configuration manager software for the default touchpad included with ThinkPad laptops with the UltraNav.
ELAN Microelectronic Corp.
4% remove
ETDWare PS/2 32 bit is the device driver installed for an Elan Microelectronics Touch Pad. ELAN's Smart Click-Pad eliminates the need of physical buttons since the entire touchpad functions as buttons...
ELAN Microelectronic Corp.
12% remove
ETDWare PS/2-x64 is the device driver installed for an Elan Microelectronics Touch Pad. ELAN's Smart Click-Pad eliminates the need of physical buttons since the entire touchpad functions as buttons. U...

BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of etdctrl.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'
  • 'ETDCtrl' → C:\Program Files\Elantech\ETDCtrl.exe

VersionsAll file variations of etdctrl.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
e7488b5ef7eb1ae7b45f02aa3783363c e4e065b8414c4a2e98c96aab539b749c2e82abf0 2.73 MB
3967bdad8a8e38b14722e8bc5d441879 cf8bd8ea87ec17c392b2b130b36684ccfb7ce0bf 2.73 MB
f3e632214805c75931215605a56f6241 7dbdc1f7d292d8f2bcc4a67c4baa85ba8f8e3171 2.73 MB
08448f7c21003ea35219ee692186bd23 9be70a6d49047db39f7c4b64cb5af865059b9a8c 2.69 MB
4bea9d131b90be5713f8073aea2c121c 7b0a5d3ee9356ea833b7c7a22e663feff8fb1e67 2.69 MB
96be70de14ce17a15e1ef6eb47fcfb17 421a6eeca95d7e3271e4bd875cdf4a402080b594 2.69 MB
ae9152f4841cfa9ae5abbf5046d4991f 470ece5effab11590f75898a128c00350200240c 2.65 MB
2c511c6ea768d62bf1e5a7654509eadd fe42a488a84117a0b28a4b07186edc25e4089639 2.6 MB
1d89e661d6e81e1c7644495393dd0591 13f2b83d9cc94d37e377d563b5a3e0644984221b 2.47 MB
e1d467ceface25bfabe6fe2ede88b955 062de7e408f2acc352cedf79cbbe602036bd9097 1.73 MB
3b3277631453c93fdb1879d6bf0b260b 6e71e66e9b88844ffc13b74ab2aaa699b12bd732 2.47 MB
215df39f5a4d23fc21f018760b3a261c 1829f3e918391cca2905d12cdd33aa052bee92e4 2.47 MB
734dcb85d9b01d597d683c1a44b5ebe5 1818da55e9f6c11078033bdda8047a5a027da323 2.47 MB
4880f039d8c2f9731b516e6f42ed8822 05bdb66b70f18f7c7fd5dd84fd4d80ca4a0a14c6 1.73 MB
8c6984729413cd285feedbcdf5f4da29 d63e066f13bea9ccad0d4649889f104ca38e4ab4 2.47 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 72.22%
Windows 8 9.26%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.41%
Windows 7 Home Basic 5.56%
Windows 8 Pro 3.70%
Windows 7 Starter 1.85%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 42.59% of ELAN Smart-Pad.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 57.78%
Acer 22.22%
Samsung 20.00%
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