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wddmstatus.exe
WDDMStatus.exe by Western Digital Technologies
Version: | 3, 1, 0, 15 |
MD5: | 3c05868191b33a729cc1cc90b264d467 |
SHA1: | ef8fefd848864e62dfc485653097982dd3669e86 |
SHA256: | c3483e84ee9377e7fffe6904046edb6271f124e24ae0481489608eb19d252e51 |
Overview
wddmstatus.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. During installation, it (or a shortcut) is added to the user's startup folder which is designed to automatically launch when the user logs into Windows. It is installed with a couple of know programs including WD SmartWare published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and WD SmartWare published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC).
Details
File name: | wddmstatus.exe |
Publisher: | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
Product name: | WDDMStatus.exe |
Description: | WD Drive Manager Status |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\wd drive manager\wddmstatus.exe |
Original name: | WDBtnMgrUI.exe |
File version: | 3, 1, 0, 15 |
Size: | 4.04 MB (4,236,288 bytes) |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
.NET CLR: | Yes |
.NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
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Western Digital also ships WD Smartware with many of its drives for use as backup drives. This software backs up all Documents, Pictures, Movies, Emails, and more on the drive, and continually checks for changes to drive locations. This means that regular backup takes place.
Behaviors
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'wddmstatus.exe'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00175158% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00097414% | |
User CPU: | 0.00077744% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 312 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 20,030,840/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 7.16 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 14.68 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 4.4 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 7.16 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 108.7 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 113.71 MB | |
Working set: | 4.91 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 14.8 MB | |
Page faults: | 78,153/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 514.31 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 24,188/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 18 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 209.47 KB/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 2,647/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 10 | |
Handles: | 252 | |
GUI GDI count: | 38 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 44 | |
GUI USER count: | 15 | |
GUI USER peak: | 19 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
66.67% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
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Distribution by country
France installs about 50.00% of WDDMStatus.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Acer |
100.00% |
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