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portabledeviceapi.dll

Windows Portable Device API Components by Microsoft

Remove portabledeviceapi.dll
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

There are 17 versions of portabledeviceapi.dll in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). portabledeviceapi.dll is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 553.53 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01% with the maximum memory reaching around 4.05 MB.

What is portabledeviceapi.dll?

Windows Portable Devices (WPD) enables computers to communicate with attached media and storage devices. WPD provides a flexible, robust way for computers to communicate with music players, storage devices, mobile phones, cameras, and many other types of connected devices.

About portabledeviceapi.dll (from Microsoft)

Applications that are built on WPD can explore a device, send and receive content, and even control the device, for example, take a picture or send a text message. The system is designed to be flexibl

DetailsDetails

File name:portabledeviceapi.dll
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows Portable Device API Components
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\portabledeviceapi.dll
Original name:PortableDeviceApi.dll.mui

BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of portabledeviceapi.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2951711043-2263491757-4151695161-1007' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2951711043-2263491757-4151695161-1007'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2951711043-2263491757-4151695161-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2951711043-2263491757-4151695161-1001'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-4176158200-1466959855-571351718-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-4176158200-1466959855-571351718-1001'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-4040762489-3244682431-1063801501-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-4040762489-3244682431-1063801501-1001'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2551057520-2250145211-710920870-500' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2551057520-2250145211-710920870-500'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2551057520-2250145211-710920870-1004' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2551057520-2250145211-710920870-1004'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2551057520-2250145211-710920870-1000' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2551057520-2250145211-710920870-1000'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2826750528-2419897074-3129009404-1000' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2826750528-2419897074-3129009404-1000'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-525217843-1553881487-934307382-1000' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-525217843-1553881487-934307382-1000'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-4204859643-4009438992-3315869148-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-4204859643-4009438992-3315869148-1001'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-544526925-2365737929-737866664-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-544526925-2365737929-737866664-1001'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-1423522360-3395476842-3449966222-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-1423522360-3395476842-3449966222-1001'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-1348193291-787980450-1682719127-1002' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-1348193291-787980450-1682719127-1002'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-3068031249-3585345372-4177612788-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-3068031249-3585345372-4177612788-1001'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-704226454-770261699-2520643252-1003' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-704226454-770261699-2520643252-1003'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-704226454-770261699-2520643252-1000' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-704226454-770261699-2520643252-1000'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-3305648521-2958999256-107983701-1002' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-3305648521-2958999256-107983701-1002'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-3106996963-4149350076-1505085560-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-3106996963-4149350076-1505085560-1001'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-3238138624-3740323638-32874613-1000' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-3238138624-3740323638-32874613-1000'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-960779107-4234841669-3746277116-1001' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-960779107-4234841669-3746277116-1001'
  • The task 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2532488852-3633296536-591787847-1002' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-2532488852-3633296536-591787847-1002'
  • The job 'SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-748775166-2541677819-3126387625-1000' runs daily in the path '\WPD\SqmUpload_S-1-5-21-748775166-2541677819-3126387625-1000'

VersionsAll file variations of portabledeviceapi.dll

MD5SHA-1File size
f0df4f8d9f1f8fa36ba30acac213d03d e710dff3ac3d03aaa0d5abb1009d58e5401f0c94 650 KB
f655c3c8ba344799015b6e2015ad4022 918d5529427fdc6e24c383739fe34d30bfe7f634 513 KB
f645d6cf1426a73e7d361d868e2e7244 6d544fceb388befe04173d6a78345478a8a2026a 651.5 KB
9bd594af9eff4152f81867670be4e76b 5f38c2f33e05bfbf1fc4cc1263af842501964959 517.5 KB
64f6afd2f4f8d0db5b8770ec59103778 1cee7cf45240c0b213b8e074f2a702e490a6e65d 605 KB
114150a0913224a3da3d018b3a5a4e9b bffbfd7ad569f47e34c3724a518ca8d6141856ad 474.5 KB
52bd6fb15a60bba69f73842c5251274b ad94c9688759b7e5d1dcafb2629a3e7ad7a915fa 475 KB
875f725bda99562d874ec440260aa35f 664dcf81c32a05677d2361ceee1ed9da513584da 467.5 KB
ccf78f29ca348be925e872a843f72141 397c1e86b88843b82e38f50bcb908d438e34b77c 461.5 KB
36060a75d9edb1aef0825988c7dd8511 d182cf4c0f7550064baa3a825e86de8da1d3290b 534.5 KB
e64d9ec8018c55873b40fdee9dbef5b3 46d02d65210d37de457a6b666f5f2e2e42b8c90c 740.5 KB
5da7d8934f7ab0884a6a8fc02e8b2aa7 6592a08cf3a4cd0081b2686781d09416b149be10 739.5 KB
e98278865e8daba21cfe5fe4be34210a 850edbdc1059c1d4edcb882d54a87e6869ccae23 535 KB
eecbca235e56ef1c772df6a19c560afb d560c0e3339d871d088c1597f06961fa6e75f8fa 535 KB
3f8079887357269bd594a3f3195f1ab6 4bed472641f7cb46f17e3e3f0861873dccec71f2 740.5 KB
2205a220a264e8c8b86492bf3d112907 d5f493196b5cbab3e7ea92fc9733028654ab4b3a 327 KB
898804f8043ba721ac2e9f45aa55558b d246da0510112b4fe8b9c930bf94459efa1c2da9 442.5 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 18.25%
Windows 8.1 11.50%
Windows 8 7.50%
Windows 7 Professional 6.25%
Windows 8.1 Pro 5.25%
Windows Vista Home Premium 3.25%
Windows 8 Pro 2.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 2.00%
Windows 8 Single Language 2.00%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.75%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 1.25%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 1.25%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.25%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.75%
Windows Seven Black Edition 0.50%
Windows 7 Enterprise 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.25%
Windows Developer Preview 0.25%
Windows 7 Starter 0.25%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 0.25%
22 other Windows OS version

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 45.96% of Windows Portable Device API Components.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 19.96%
ASUS 18.11%
Hewlett-Packard 16.08%
Acer 11.46%
Toshiba 8.50%
Lenovo 7.76%
Sony 6.28%
Intel 2.96%
GIGABYTE 2.40%
Samsung 2.22%
Medion 1.11%
Alienware 0.74%
MSI 0.74%
American Megatrends 0.74%
Gateway 0.37%
NEC 0.37%
Sahara 0.18%
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