ETDCtrl.exe
ELAN Smart-Pad by ELAN Microelectronics Corporation (Signed)
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”
Details |
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 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of ELAN Smart-Pad.)
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ELAN Microelectronic Corp. |
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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...
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ELAN Microelectronic Corp. |
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Lenovo Pointing Device driver is the software driver and configuration manager software for the default touchpad included with Lenovo laptops with a pointing device.
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ELAN Microelectronic Corp. |
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ThinkPad UltraNav Driver is the software driver and configuration manager software for the default touchpad included with ThinkPad laptops with the UltraNav.
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ELAN Microelectronic Corp. |
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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...
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ELAN Microelectronic Corp. |
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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...
Behaviors
(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
All file variations of etdctrl.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
72.22% |
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Windows 8 |
9.26% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.41% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
5.56% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
3.70% |
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Windows 7 Starter |
1.85% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.59% of ELAN Smart-Pad.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
ASUS |
57.78% |
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Acer |
22.22% |
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Samsung |
20.00% |
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