GrooveShellExtensions.dll
GrooveShellExtensions Module by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
There are 5 versions of grooveshellextensions.dll in the wild, the latest version being 12.0.6500.5000. It is integrated as a plugin to Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object, often without any obvious user interface, and will load for each instance of IE. It adds a context menu to the Window's shell named XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX. The average file size is about 2.11 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation.
What is grooveshellextensions.dll?
Microsoft Office Groove, is a desktop application designed for document collaboration in teams with members who are regularly off-line or who do not share the same network security clearance.
About grooveshellextensions.dll (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Spend less time coordinating with each other and more time working on the project at hand. Groove Virtual Office is software that allows your team to work together as if you were all in the same phys”
 Details
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| File name: | grooveshellextensions.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | GrooveShellExtensions Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\microsoft office\office12\grooveshellextensions.dll |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, April 4, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, October 4, 2007 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of grooveshellextensions.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects'
- BHO CLSID: {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E}
Shell execute hooks
- {B5A7F190-DDA6-4420-B3BA-52453494E6CD}
Context menu handlers
Located in '*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers'
- Name: 'XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX'
Approved shell extensions
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
- 'Groove Explorer Icon Overlay 2.5 (GFS Unread Folder)' with CLSID {920E6DB1-9907-4370-B3A0-BAFC03D81399}
- 'Groove Explorer Icon Overlay 1 (GFS Unread Stub)' with CLSID {99FD978C-D287-4F50-827F-B2C658EDA8E7}
- 'Groove Explorer Icon Overlay 4 (GFS Unread Mark)' with CLSID {2916C86E-86A6-43FE-8112-43ABE6BF8DCC}
- 'Groove Explorer Icon Overlay 2 (GFS Stub)' with CLSID {AB5C5600-7E6E-4B06-9197-9ECEF74D31CC}
- 'Groove Explorer Icon Overlay 3 (GFS Folder)' with CLSID {16F3DD56-1AF5-4347-846D-7C10C4192619}
- 'Groove XML Icon Handler' with CLSID {387E725D-DC16-4D76-B310-2C93ED4752A0}
- 'Groove GFS Context Menu Handler' with CLSID {6C467336-8281-4E60-8204-430CED96822D}
- 'Groove GFS Stub Execution Hook' with CLSID {B5A7F190-DDA6-4420-B3BA-52453494E6CD}
- 'Groove GFS Stub Icon Handler' with CLSID {A449600E-1DC6-4232-B948-9BD794D62056}
- 'Groove GFS Explorer Bar' with CLSID {2A541AE1-5BF6-4665-A8A3-CFA9672E4291}
- 'Groove GFS Browser Helper' with CLSID {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E}
Internet Explorer bars
- CLSID: {2A541AE1-5BF6-4665-A8A3-CFA9672E4291}
All file variations of grooveshellextensions.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
26.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
19.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
14.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
10.25% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.75% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
6.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
6.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
3.25% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.25% |
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| Windows 8 |
2.25% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 16.25% of GrooveShellExtensions Module.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.77% |
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| ASUS |
20.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
17.69% |
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| Lenovo |
15.00% |
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| Acer |
7.50% |
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| Compaq |
5.77% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.38% |
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| American Megatrends |
2.88% |
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