pcee4.exe
Dolby Profile Selector by Dolby Laboratories (Signed)
| Version: | 7.2.8000.13 |
| MD5: | c583db2fbaebb1020d17c51ab3495112 |
| SHA1: | 70115d196078ada50b4b1c2fd75293db6c44db06 |
| SHA256: | e7349ec4481e1a4f930be130f07b2594da275206e8756d4c092e42c61db7ead4 |
Overview
pcee4.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Dolby Home Theater v4 published by Dolby Laboratories Inc and Dolby Home Theater v4 published by Dolby Laboratories Inc. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Dolby Laboratories which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | pcee4.exe |
| Publisher: | Dolby Laboratories Inc. |
| Product name: | Dolby Profile Selector |
| Typical file path: | C:\dolby pcee4\pcee4.exe |
| File version: | 7.2.8000.13 |
| Size: | 496.34 KB (508,256 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Dolby Laboratories |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, July 16, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Dolby® Home Theater® v4 comprises a suite of technologies that work together to deliver a cinematic surround sound experience on your desktop or laptop with crisp and clear PC audio. You can enjoy it on any set of headphones, over the built-in or external speakers, or through a home theater system. Dolby Home Theater v4 fixes all the problems typically associated with PC audio—tinny sound, weak volume, and buzzing and rattling. Experien...”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'DolbyTrayApp' → C:\Program Files\Dolby Advanced Audio v2\pcee4.exe -autostart
- 'Dolby Home Theater v4' → "C:\Program Files\Dolby Home Theater v4\pcee4.exe" -autostart
- 'Dolby Advanced Audio v2' → "C:\Dolby PCEE4\pcee4.exe" -autostart
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'Dolby Selector' runs on logon in the path '\Dolby Selector'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\Dolby Selector'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00395706% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00188286% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00207420% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 208,630 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,174/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 36.06 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 30.18 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 20.57 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 36.06 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 657.23 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 661.91 MB | |
| Working set: | 29.25 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 39.99 MB | |
| Page faults: | 39,069/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 15 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 274 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 27 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 29 | |
| GUI USER count: | 15 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 19 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\dolby pcee4\pcee4.exe" -autostart
- "C:\Program Files\dolby home theater v4\pcee4.exe" -autostart
|
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| pcee4.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00028587% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00014466% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014121% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,664/sec | |
| Memory: | 512 KB | |
| msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002174% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001087% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001087% | |
| CPU cycles: | 198/sec | |
| Memory: | 660 KB | |
| clr.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001559% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000861% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000698% | |
| CPU cycles: | 330/sec | |
| Memory: | 9.37 MB | |
| combase.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000362% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000362% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 423/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.69 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
24.05% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
17.72% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
13.92% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
10.13% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
8.86% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
6.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.33% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
3.80% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center |
3.80% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.53% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
2.53% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 25.32% of Dolby Profile Selector.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
48.21% |
|
| Acer |
28.57% |
|
| Sony |
23.21% |
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