VersionsVersions

2, 5, 3505, 0 47.83%
2, 5, 3014, 0 26.09%
2, 5, 3009, 1 17.39%
2, 5, 3003, 0 4.35%
1.00.3004 4.35%

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HotkeyUtility.exe

Hotkey Utility by Acer Incorporated (Signed)

Remove HotkeyUtility.exe

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.

DetailsDetails

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

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Hotkey Utility.)
Acer Incorporated
12% remove
Acer Hotkey Utility is a desktop utility to hide programs and windows, instantly shutdown, restart or logoff, open unlimited amounts of websites, programs, games, files, folders, drives and more. Hotk...

BehaviorsBehaviors

(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

VersionsAll file variations of HotkeyUtility.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
278c64b644c224b28e601381103811a6 c1064288926a440f4ed06e405bf5db750d62e52d 612.6 KB
2ea4b2bc3260cf3d20f6a164b362f6d4 ad61d9cfe3ca7446a24209dfa6526f396d277c85 605.6 KB
0540c38069cd5212b241e62ac1990201 8c5191f8a7bfaf1aee518f12819e4f07f4c5f398 597.53 KB
ad16557cecfb17cf7393d28dc40f6d09 54184f2cb3a49aaca98d85ef42e578c8d8d8e6cb 550.53 KB
84f122bffa0638ce735e891620ef7754 3cddfaa9307e3c104a8d82dbd0d686cc12288e1b 614.53 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 90.48%
Windows 7 Home Basic 9.52%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 57.89% of Hotkey Utility.
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