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VersionsAdditional versions

11.13.7.1 1.23%
11.13.0.0 1.23%
11.0.0.7 3.70%
11.0.0.6 1.23%
11.0.0.4 1.23%
10.0.0.83 2.47%
10.0.0.78 3.70%
10.0.0.77 1.23%
10.0.0.77 1.23%
10.0.0.74 2.47%
10.0.0.73 6.17%
10.0.0.73 2.47%
10.0.0.73 3.70%
10.0.0.73 1.23%
10.0.0.70 1.23%
10.0.0.69 3.70%
10.0.0.66 1.23%
10.0.0.61 2.47%
10.0.0.45 3.70%
10.0.0.40 2.47%
10.0.0.33 1.23%
10.0.0.30 1.23%
10.0.0.30 1.23%
10.0.0.25 1.23%
10.0.0.25 1.23%
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Parent process
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ETDCtrlHelper.exe

ELAN Smart-Pad by ELAN Microelectronics Corporation (Signed)

Remove ETDCtrlHelper.exe
Version:   10.0.0.83
MD5:   a972b9f3a76a9e46d4958262b45ecd87
SHA1:   0697fae66dd6ea3786d46e6648a70881c754dde0

What is ETDCtrlHelper.exe?

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

About ETDCtrlHelper.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

Overview

etdctrlhelper.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent etdctrl.exe (ELAN Smart-Pad by ELAN Microelectronics Corporation). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by ELAN Microelectronics Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:etdctrlhelper.exe
Publisher:ELAN Microelectronics Corp.
Product name:ELAN Smart-Pad
Description:ETD Control Center Helper
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\elantech\etdctrlhelper.exe
File version:10.0.0.83
Size:2.14 MB (2,249,104 bytes)
Build date:12/14/2012 11:02 AM
Certificate
Issued to:ELAN Microelectronics Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Expiration date:Friday, November 7, 2014
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
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ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00028716%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00018259%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00010457%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:9,859 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:377,490/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:8/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:2.86 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):22.6 MB
Private (minimum):4.09 MB
Non-paged memory:2.86 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:86.69 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):90.63 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:19.38 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):22.68 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:6,482/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O other transfer:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:1
12
Handles:120
600
GUI GDI count:81
103
GUI GDI peak:82
142
GUI USER count:10
49
GUI USER peak:11
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\elantech\etdctrlhelper.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:etdctrl.exe (ELAN Smart-Pad by ELAN Microelectronics Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 38.27%
Windows 8 27.16%
Windows 7 Ultimate 9.88%
Windows 8.1 6.17%
Windows 7 Home Basic 4.94%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 2.47%
Windows 8 Single Language 2.47%
Windows 8 Pro 2.47%
Windows 7 Starter 2.47%
Windows 8 Enterprise 1.23%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.23%
Windows 7 Professional 1.23%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 33.33% of ELAN Smart-Pad.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Acer 33.77%
Lenovo 20.78%
ASUS 20.78%
Samsung 18.18%
MSI 5.19%
Hewlett-Packard 1.30%
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