Should I block it?

60%

60% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

2.3.2.3	2.13%
2.3.1.8	2.13%
2.3.0.9	2.13%
2.2.9.7	6.38%
2.2.7.4	2.13%
2.2.7.1	4.26%
2.2.6.7	4.26%
2.2.5.8	2.13%
2.2.5.2	6.38%
2.2.4.8	6.38%
2.2.1.8	6.38%
2.2.0.2	4.26%
2.1.8.9	6.38%
2.1.8.2	2.13%
2.1.7.1	2.13%
2.1.7.0	2.13%
2.1.3.9	2.13%
2.1.3.7	2.13%
2.1.3.2	4.26%
2.1.2.0	6.38%
2.0.9.8	2.13%
2.0.8.3	6.38%
2.0.5.4	2.13%
2.0.3.2	2.13%
2.0.1.7	10.64%

Relationships

RtkBtMnt.exe (Realtek HD Audio Data Rerouter by Realtek Semiconductor)

RTHDCPL.exe

Realtek HD Audio Sound Effect Manager by Realtek Semiconductor

Remove RTHDCPL.exe

Version:	2.0.1.7
MD5:	8d6c32d982dc380287d446de1d166e48
SHA1:	262f96d6cabc880e797139abdae06a6c7c557c79
SHA256:	fd699f7371b848b39941e88d4b8657508059725ca73dbb29fdc8ee7647359e26

Overview

rthdcpl.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 Realtek High Definition Audio Driver published by Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Realtek High Definition Audio Driver from Realtek Semiconductor Corp. and Realtek High Definition Audio Driver by Realtek Semiconductor Corp..

Details

File name:	rthdcpl.exe
Publisher:	Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Product name:	Realtek HD Audio Sound Effect Manager
Description:	Realtek HD Audio Control Panel
Typical file path:	C:\windows\rthdcpl.exe
File version:	2.0.1.7
Size:	14.17 MB (14,854,144 bytes)
Digital DNA
Entropy:	7.393040
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

9% remove

Realtek's High Definition Audio Driver provide high quality DTS, Dolby, Surround Sound to your PC via the audio card. The software comes with a number of features and functionality such as a six channel Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) that fully supports the 16/20/24-bit Pulse Code Modulation format for 5.1 channel audio. It supports legacy analog input to analog output mixer as well as 44.1k/48k/96kHz Sony/Philips Digital Interconnec...

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'RTHDCPL' → RTHDCPL.EXE

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00777583%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00494826%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00282758%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	547 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	15/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	21.41 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	21.66 MB
Private (minimum):	716 KB
Non-paged memory:	21.41 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	68.77 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	68.77 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1.21 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	21.66 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	8,720/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	4.71 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	182 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	6/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	148	600
GUI GDI count:	1113	103
GUI USER count:	147	49