mspaint.exe
Paint by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 8 versions of mspaint.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247). mspaint.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 2.65 MB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 25.95 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 45.19 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 11.48 KB per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | mspaint.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Paint |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exe |
| Original name: | MSPAINT.EXE.MUI |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of mspaint.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Approved shell extension
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
- CLSID: {d3e34b21-9d75-101a-8c3d-00aa001a1652}
All file variations of mspaint.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
28.57% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
21.43% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
7.14% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.14% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.14% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.14% |
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| Windows Server 2008 Standard |
7.14% |
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| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
7.14% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.14% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 37.50% of Paint.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
40.00% |
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| Dell |
40.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
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