Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Portrait Displays publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Child process
Related files
wpctrl.exe
Pivot Sofware by Portrait Displays (Signed)
| Version: | 7.70 |
| MD5: | 66ac0c69b45ae64b6285b4f6b4d19fe6 |
| SHA1: | a708cf14f9fc33126ffcb0879ef79c9fb9afebbc |
| SHA256: | 3221a92ba58c09410fbdf9204041b31f8f6966a8cd1bbccbff571ba3f43df423 |
About wpctrl.exe (from Portrait Displays)
“Rotate your display to portrait orientation to enjoy the advantages of portrait viewing. Pivot can support multiple viewing orientations: portrait 90°, presentation 180°, portrait 270°, and landscape.”
Overview
wpctrl.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program Pivot Pro Plugin published by Portrait Displays, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Portrait Displays which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | wpctrl.exe |
| Publisher: | Portrait Displays, Inc. |
| Product name: | Pivot Sofware |
| Description: | Pivot Software Support Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\portrait displays\pivot pro plugin\wpctrl.exe |
| File version: | 7.70 |
| Size: | 659.11 KB (674,928 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Portrait Displays |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
This program contains the Pivot Pro Software from Portrait Displays, Inc. for the supported display (monitor) models and operating systems. The Pivot Pro Software enables a user with a rotating display to easily and instantly switch from landscape to portrait mode, and back.
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'PivotSoftware' → "C:\Program Files\Portrait Displays\Pivot Software\wpctrl.exe"
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003631% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002286% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001345% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 309,536 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,010/sec | |
| Context switches: | 123/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.62 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.12 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 298.67 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.62 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 56.82 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 68.31 MB | |
| Working set: | 813.33 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 15.8 MB | |
| Page faults: | 8,890/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 17 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 73 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 14 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 15 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 4 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\portrait displays\pivot pro plugin\wpctrl.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
40.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
40.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
20.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 60.00% of Pivot Sofware.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
