HotkeyUtility.exe
Hotkey Utility by Acer Incorporated (Signed)
Overview
HotkeyUtility.exe has 5 known versions, the most recent one is 2, 5, 3505, 0. HotkeyUtility.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 596.16 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Acer Incorporated by the certification authority VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Hotkey Utility from Acer Incorporated. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0070% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 7.33 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 9.34 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 3.39 KB per minute for reads and 21 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is HotkeyUtility.exe?
The Hotkey utility is a system program that controls the use of special functions key, or hotkeys on many OEM laptops.
Details |
File name: | HotkeyUtility.exe |
Product name: | Hotkey Utility |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\emachines\hotkey utility\hotkeyutility.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Acer Incorporated |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
Expiration date: | Friday, September 13, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Hotkey Utility.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of HotkeyUtility.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'
- 'Hotkey Utility' → C:\Program Files\eMachines\Hotkey Utility\HotkeyUtility.exe
All file variations of HotkeyUtility.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
90.48% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
9.52% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 57.89% of Hotkey Utility.