QTTask.exe
QuickTime by Apple
| Version: | 7.7.2 (1680.56) |
| MD5: | 916a2c4eb028604783fd5ea169236c1d |
| SHA1: | 5819eaa149cbee11cb46d7185118f375584678e0 |
| SHA256: | c97daa1be5c912ddcedba7619631bb98f4a9b32b1e40c5374a64e25305e0a1c4 |
What is QTTask.exe?
QuickTime Task is part of the Apple QuickTime Player, a free multimedia player.
About QTTask.exe (from Apple)
“A powerful multimedia technology with a built-in media player, QuickTime lets you view Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media in a wide range of file formats. And it lets you enjoy them”
Overview
qttask.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including QuickTime published by Apple Inc., QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 from KL Software and QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 by KL Software.
Details
| File name: | qttask.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
| Product name: | QuickTime |
| Description: | QuickTime Task |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\quicktime\qttask.exe |
| File version: | 7.7.2 (1680.56) |
| Product version: | QuickTime 7.7.2 (1680.56) |
| Size: | 412 KB (421,888 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.281096 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. QuickTime for Microsoft Windows has always been downloadable as a standalone installation, as well as being bundled with Apple's iTunes. QuickTime Player is limited to only basic playback operations unless a QuickTime Pro license key is purchased.
Apple's iTunes is a proprietary media player computer program, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone and iPad. iTunes is an application that allows the user to purchase and manage audio and video on a personal computer, acting as a front end for Apple's QuickTime media player. Officially, using iTunes is required in order to manage the audio of an ...
“Enabling VoiceOver for iPod allows you to hear the names of songs, artists, and playlists spoken when listening to content on your iPod. If you have the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic or the In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic, you can also use VoiceOver to navigate playlists.”
“QuickTime Player 7 supports older media formats, such as QTVR, interactive QuickTime movies, and MIDI files on Snow Leopard and OS X Lion. It also accepts QuickTime 7 Pro registration codes, which turn on QuickTime Pro functions. QuickTime Player 7 will be installed in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.”
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of audio and video codecs for Microsoft Windows that enables the operating system and its software to play various audio and video formats generally not supported by the operating system itself. The Full edition includes 31 additional components and four additional tools beyond those included in the Standard edition, as well as adding video encoding capabilities to Microsoft Windows PCs. However, no enc...
“QT Lite is a lightweight version of QuickTime. It contains only the essential components that are required for viewing QuickTime content in your favorite browser.”
QuickTime Alternative is a codec package for Microsoft Windows for playing QuickTime media, normally only playable by the official QuickTime software distribution from Apple Inc. QuickTime Alternative consists of codec libraries extracted from the official distribution, including the official QuickTime plugin required for playing QuickTime files (.MOV, .QT and others) in web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, and al...
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Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'QTTask.exe' → "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
- 'QuickTime Task' → "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'QuickTime Task' → "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
39.50% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 56.06% of QuickTime.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
20.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.15% |
|
| Toshiba |
17.78% |
|
| ASUS |
14.07% |
|
| Sony |
9.63% |
|
| Acer |
7.04% |
|
| Intel |
5.19% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.96% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.11% |
|
| Sahara |
0.74% |
|
| Samsung |
0.74% |
|
| NEC |
0.74% |
|
| MSI |
0.74% |
|
| Lenovo |
0.74% |
|
| Alienware |
0.37% |
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