Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
winhlp32.exe
Windows Winhlp32 Stub by Microsoft
| Version: | 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) |
| MD5: | 6a0143aaf41f28896e5710371685b3bc |
| SHA1: | 5da3c8ac60222220ae17917c630bd7f3c8040df0 |
| SHA256: | 0da719c64fa29c8397d6f5610b774ae5f4558a5c0cd18dd0be2c1674edb7f72a |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is winhlp32.exe?
WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit Help files that have the ".hlp" file name extension.
About winhlp32.exe (from Microsoft)
“Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a Help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system. However, the Windows Help program has not”
Details
| File name: | winhlp32.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Winhlp32 Stub |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\windows\winhlp32.exe |
| Original name: | WINHLP32.EXE.MUI |
| File version: | 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) |
| Product version: | 5.1.2600.0 |
| Size: | 8 KB (8,192 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 4.769839 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Shell open commands
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
49.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
8.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
6.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
3.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 45.73% of Windows Winhlp32 Stub.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
22.88% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
17.34% |
|
| ASUS |
12.55% |
|
| Toshiba |
11.81% |
|
| Acer |
11.07% |
|
| Lenovo |
7.38% |
|
| Sony |
5.90% |
|
| Intel |
2.95% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.58% |
|
| Samsung |
2.21% |
|
| Alienware |
0.74% |
|
| Medion |
0.74% |
|
| Gateway |
0.74% |
|
| MSI |
0.74% |
|
| Sahara |
0.37% |
|
