VersionsVersions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 3.60%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 4.50%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 8.11%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 1.80%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 18.02%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 42.34%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 5.41%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 3.60%
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) 9.91%
5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) 2.70%

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taskmgr.exe

Windows Task Manager by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

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

Overview

There are 10 versions of taskmgr.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). taskmgr.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. When the program is installed, it will add a shortcut pointer in the Start Menu which will execute the file as a process upon a user login. The average file size is about 482.39 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation. Numerous variations of taskmgr.exe have been installed with both Classic Task Manager+msconfig for Win 10 and 8 and DAK Time Dodger PRO. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 5.44 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 14.03 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 456 Bytes per minute for reads and 12 Bytes per minute for writes.

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
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Expiration date:Saturday, September 7, 2013

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Windows Task Manager.)
a DAK software product
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Now you can record any show or event at any time, even daily on your PC. The revolutionary new Time Dodger timed PC recorder turns itself on. Then, (and this is the really big deal) it opens virtuall...
Winaero
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BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of taskmgr.exe, select a unique version for details.)
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
  • Shortcut to 'taskmgr.exe'

VersionsAll file variations of taskmgr.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
2750eeb7440726085036bc746a095540 b366dbf68129bcb2ffce56c11000c3473fa13572 1.15 MB
ceae26d9492f7d481916ff44c120d339 b5c525a2a5131f226a9c50e25a9f7a577b306196 1.15 MB
389ff7b589850f06bdd6f47589f347ff 9c82744d87a98ab60f5278614a3f27fae0d1f3d8 1.07 MB
c1a857a7bc0bbf57b6115ca7ac4e2f6b d29932b0557c3a5a247a34822e04cf7c348f6a77 222 KB
545bf7eaa24a9e062857d0742ec0b28a d748d5b325e5dd4fadeb837a59f61e55d2636d31 222 KB
09f7401d56f2393c6ca534ff0241a590 e8b4d84a28e5ea17272416ec45726964fdf25883 251 KB
71672bd4f035440e79dc50ea9a60166a f486d830000842a2b435230d1ab24b49b6bb3ceb 251 KB
ef8ae178fae3c5f97e383753eb1df3ba 3905028a10cf6227d4ef827b64df59283bc31a83 160 KB
2cd1c3506a85b38e2d17e61aded175c4 811d06dc5c7b530a5f0bd07c50607e402da43d59 132.5 KB
fc160ace21c81837692b339d230dd4be 28e0652d35fcd1e5abd1aa23bb5ee2b180a6693b 132.5 KB

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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