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What is explorer.exe?

Part of Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® by Microsoft

(explorer.exe is a system file that is installed with Windows)
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How does explorer.exe run?

Process - explorer.exe is an instance of a running program. This 32-bit program executes with the privileges as the currently logged in user account. explorer.exe is executed by the process wmiprvse.exe (WMI by Microsoft).

How does explorer.exe start?

Shell open command - explorer.exe is typically associtated with identifier name of SHCmdFile with and identifier of explorer.exe. A Shell Open Command allows for an association of a file extension and a program. This association allows an application to be run when the icon or a context menu item is clicked upon in the Windows Explorer window.
Autoplay handler - explorer.exe is typically associtated with identifier name of MSCDBurningOnArrival with and identifier of SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\MSCDBurningOnArrival. Autoplay will scan removable media, when it arrives, looking for media content types (music, graphics, or video). When a removable media arrives, Windows determines what actions to perform by evaluating the content and comparing it to registered handlers for that content. An application will register a handler for Autoplay events associated with a media type.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.1% of all Boost users have the explorer.exe process running.Of the 0.1% of explorer.exe users, less than 1% have disabled it.
How resource intensive is explorer.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.01002% CPU100227.9%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
21.55 MB RAM100.1%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
277 GDI objects184.7%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
44 context switches/sec44.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\winxp\explorer.exe

What modules are loaded?

A module is a dynamic link library (DLL) or an executable file that is loaded into the process. Below is a list of non-system modules that are loaded by Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows®.
igfxpph.dll (Intel(R) Common User Interface by Intel)
ieframe.dll (Windows® Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
webcheck.dll (Windows® Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
mshtml.dll (Windows® Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
audiodev.dll (Portable Media Devices Shell Extension by Microsoft)
wpdshext.dll (Portable Devices Shell Extension by Microsoft)
shlxthdl.dll (by OpenOfficeorg)
rarext.dll
pdfshell.dll (Adobe PDF Shell Extension by Adobe Systems)
hccutils.dll (Intel(R) Common User Interface by Intel)
igfxsrvc.dll (Intel(R) Common User Interface by Intel)
ashshell.dll (avast! Antivirus by AVAST Software)
wpdshserviceobj.dll (Windows Portable Device Shell Service Object by Microsoft)
deskbar.dll (Windows Search Deskbar extension by Microsoft)
stlport_vc7145.dll (STLport Standard ANSI C++ Libarary by STLport Consulting)
shdocvw.dll (Shelldokumentobjekt und Steuerungsbibliothek by Microsoft)
foldersizecolumn.dll (Folder Size for Windows by Brio)
browseui.dll (Shell Browser UI-Bibliothek by Microsoft)
stobject.dll (Systray-Shell-Serviceobjekt by Microsoft)
cscui.dll (Clientseitige Cachebenutzeroberfläche by Microsoft)
cscdll.dll (Offlinenetzwerk-Agent by Microsoft)
wiadefui.dll (WIA-Scanner-Standardbenutzeroberfläche by Microsoft)
mydocs.dll (Benutzeroberfläche des Verzeichnisses "Eigene Dateien" by Microsoft)
ntshrui.dll (Shellerweiterungen für Freigaben by Microsoft)
themeui.dll (Windows-Design-API by Microsoft)
printui.dll (DLL für die Druckerbenutzeroberfläche by Microsoft)
syncui.dll (Windows Aktenkoffer by Microsoft)
wiashext.dll (Shellordner-Benutzeroberfläche für Imaging-Geräte by Microsoft)
zipfldr.dll (ZIP-komprimierte Ordner by Microsoft)
shdocvw.dll (Bibliothek für Shell-Dokumente und -Steuerelemente by Microsoft)
browseui.dll (Shell Browser UI-Bibliothek by Microsoft)
shimgvw.dll (Windows Bild- und Faxanzeige by Microsoft)

What else is related?

devicepairingfolder.dll (Ordner für die Gerätekopplung by Microsoft)
tapisrv.dll (Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Telefonieserver by Microsoft)
wmisvc.dll (WMI by Microsoft)
srsvc.dll (Systemwiederherstellungsdienst by Microsoft)
netman.dll (Netzwerkverbindungs-Manager by Microsoft)
mswsock.dll (Microsoft Windows Sockets 2.0-Dienstanbieter by Microsoft)
qmgr.dll (Intelligenter Hintergrundübertragungsdienst by Microsoft)
schedsvc.dll (Taskplaner-Engine by Microsoft)
wzcsvc.dll (Konfigurationsfreier Dienst für drahtlose Verbindung by Microsoft)
dhcpcsvc.dll (DHCP Clientdienst by Microsoft)
oleprn.dll (Oleprn DLL by Microsoft)
asctrls.ocx (Active Setup-Steuerelemente by Microsoft)
camocx.dll (WIA Kameraansicht DLL by Microsoft)
wmpshell.dll (Windows Media Player-Launcher by Microsoft)
cabview.dll (Shellerweiterung von Kabinettdatei-Viewer by Microsoft)
photowiz.dll (Fotodruck-Assistent by Microsoft)
dfsshlex.dll (DFS-Shellerweiterung by Microsoft)
dsuiext.dll (Gemeinsame Benutzeroberfläche des Verzeichnisdienstes by Microsoft)
docprop2.dll (Microsoft DocProp-Shellerweiterung by Microsoft)
msieftp.dll (Microsoft Internet Explorer FTP-Ordnershellerweiterung by Microsoft)
netplwiz.dll (Netzlaufwerke zuordnen/Assistent für Netzwerkressourcen by Microsoft)
sendmail.dll (E-Mail senden by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)

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File details

File name: explorer.exe
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation (verified)
Name: Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows®
Description: Windows Explorer
Version: 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
Product version: 6.00.2900.5512
Size: 1012.5 KB
Original file name: EXPLORER.EXE
Windows file protection: Yes

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0175627761%
Privileged CPU: 0.0075399880%
User CPU: 0.01002278809072%
Privileged CPU time: 52203062.5 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 0 ms
Context switches /sec: 44
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 116.25 MB
Peak committed memory: 152.03 MB
Paged memory: 21.55 MB
Peak paged memory: 23.99 MB
Paged system memory: 162.73 KB
Non-paged system memory: 44.5 KB
Working set memory: 18.64 MB
Peak working set memory: 27.08 MB
Min working set memory: 11.08 MB
Private memory: 21.55 MB
Page faults: 244,587
Page faults /min: 0
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 274,040
Total read transfer: 37 MB
Total write operations: 236
Total write transfer: 10.83 MB
Total other operations: 2,895,957
Total other transfer: 242.2 MB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 277
USER objects: 163
Resources
Handle count average: 476
Thread count average: 14

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Undefined
Windows platform: 32-bit
System Tray: Yes
Parent Process
wmiprvse.exe (WMI by Microsoft)
Process Commands
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
"C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe" /select,"C:\Program Files1\WinRAR\rarext.dll"
C:\WINXP\Explorer.EXE
C:\WIN12515\Explorer.EXE

Shell open command details

Name: SHCmdFile
Command: explorer.exe

Autoplay handler details

Name: MSOpenFolder
Command: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\MSOpenFolder

Image hashes

MD5: 418045a93cd87a352098ab7dabe1b53e
SHA-1: 98b9ad668e0727be888b861f49aac0f72725e634
SHA-256: 81419093ccb985da284931fa3df41c4cfe25350db1c366792903411819371664

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows GUI
Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C++
File packed: No
Import Table
advapi32.dll
gdi32.dll
kernel32.dll
msvcrt.dll
ntdll.dll
ole32.dll
shell32.dll
shlwapi.dll
user32.dll
uxtheme.dll
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