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VersionsAdditional versions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 3.51%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 4.39%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 7.89%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 1.75%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 0.88%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 1.75%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 17.54%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 41.23%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 5.26%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 3.51%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) 9.65%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 2.63%

Relationships

Parent processes
Related files

taskmgr.exe

Windows Task Manager by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove taskmgr.exe
Version:   6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:   09f7401d56f2393c6ca534ff0241a590
SHA1:   e8b4d84a28e5ea17272416ec45726964fdf25883
SHA256:   6766717b8afafe46b5fd66c7082ccce6b382cbea982c73cb651e35dc8187ace1
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is taskmgr.exe?

Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with the Microsoft Windows that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network activity and statistics, logged-in users, and system services.

About taskmgr.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)

“Task Manager provides information about programs and processes running on your computer. It also displays the most commonly used performance measures for processes. You can use Task Manager to monitor”

DetailsDetails

File name:taskmgr.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows Task Manager
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe
Original name:taskmgr.exe.mui
File version:6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:6.1.7600.16385
Size:251 KB (257,024 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Expiration date:Saturday, September 7, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
Entropy:6.068908
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Classic Task Manager+msconfig for Win 10 and 8
 Winaero
4% remove

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.10053080%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.03956189%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.06096891%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:30,735,655 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:11,175,034/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:92/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.66 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):12.82 MB
Private (minimum):7.7 MB
Non-paged memory:4.66 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:104.33 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):149.45 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:9.93 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):13.53 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:100,595/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:66 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:44.56 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1,841/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:138
600
GUI GDI count:127
103
GUI GDI peak:160
142
GUI USER count:104
49
GUI USER peak:126
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Tray notification:Yes
Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe" /4
  • "C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe"
  • taskmgr.exe /3
  • "C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe" /1
  • taskmgr.exe /2
Owner:User
Parent processes:

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
taskmgr.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.14569598%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.10004483%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.04565116%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:5,849,924/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:11/sec
79/sec
Memory:276 KB
1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.08829859%
Kernel CPU:0.07848764%
User CPU:0.00981095%
CPU cycles:1,397,816/sec
Memory:1.66 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 34.02%
Windows 7 Ultimate 22.68%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 14.43%
Windows 7 Professional 6.19%
Windows 8 4.12%
Windows 8.1 4.12%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.09%
Windows 8 Pro 3.09%
Windows Vista Home Premium 2.06%
Windows 8 Enterprise 2.06%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 1.03%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 1.03%
Windows Vista Business 1.03%
Microsoft Windows XP 1.03%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 60.67% of Windows Task Manager.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 21.33%
ASUS 16.00%
Hewlett-Packard 16.00%
Toshiba 13.33%
Acer 10.67%
Lenovo 10.67%
GIGABYTE 5.33%
Sony 2.67%
Samsung 2.67%
Alienware 1.33%
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