taskmgr.exe
Windows Task Manager by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
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”
Details |
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 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Windows Task Manager.)
“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...”
Behaviors
(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'
All file variations of taskmgr.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.02% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
22.68% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate N |
14.43% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
6.19% |
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Windows 8 |
4.12% |
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Windows 8.1 |
4.12% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro |
3.09% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
3.09% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.06% |
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Windows 8 Enterprise |
2.06% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.03% |
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
1.03% |
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Windows Vista Business |
1.03% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
1.03% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 60.67% of Windows Task Manager.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
21.33% |
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ASUS |
16.00% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
16.00% |
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Toshiba |
13.33% |
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Acer |
10.67% |
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Lenovo |
10.67% |
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GIGABYTE |
5.33% |
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Sony |
2.67% |
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Samsung |
2.67% |
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Alienware |
1.33% |
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