wlstartup.exe

Windows Live by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove wlstartup.exe
Version:   15.4.3555.0308
MD5:   097ae247474811eecf9ff1809059c141
SHA1:   9c8b71cd05391ae85cc8be742edc05835d82357d
SHA256:   7f7f7e2469bfe00f0dcef0e8290345a8544921594c893b46b3076e58adddd996

Overview

wlstartup.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent wlmail.exe (Windows Live Mail by Microsoft Corporation). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Windows Live Essentials published by Microsoft Corporation, Windows Live from Microsoft Corporation and Windows Live by Microsoft Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7600.0).

DetailsDetails

File name:wlstartup.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows Live
Description:Windows Live Essentials
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\windows live\installer\wlstartup.exe
File version:15.4.3555.0308
Size:601.35 KB (615,784 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Monday, February 21, 2011
Expiration date:Monday, May 21, 2012
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Microsoft Corporation
10% remove
Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft that aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, and security services. Essentials programs are designed to integrate well with each other, with Microsoft Windows, and with other Microsoft web-based services such as SkyDrive and Outlook.com, so that they operate as a seamless whole.
Microsoft Corporation
9% remove
Windows Live "is a way to extend the Windows user experience". Windows Vista provides a link in its user interface to download Windows Live Messenger, and Windows 7 saw the removal of applications such as Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker and replaced with the Windows Essentials suite, a software package that allows the downloading and installation of similar offerings from Windows Live. Windows Live offers int...
Microsoft Corporation
8% remove
Windows Live is the former collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered: Windows Essentials applications, web services, and mobile servi...
Microsoft Corporation
5% remove
Windows Live Installer was the name of the website and software given to serve the purposes of allowing users to discover, download and install Windows Live software and services. Users were able to select the Windows Live software they wished to install on the website, and the website would pass on the information to the unified installer software such that the installer will only download and install those applications selected.

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00005791%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00002030%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00003761%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:109 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:9 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):26.35 MB
Private (minimum):404 KB
Non-paged memory:9 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:182.89 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):185.89 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.71 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):26.38 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:12,681/min
2,039/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:320
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\windows live\installer\wlstartup.exe" -queuerequests -modulC:tou -contexC:mail
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:wlmail.exe (Windows Live Mail by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%
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