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What is ehtray.exe?

Part of Media Center Tray Applet by Microsoft

What is it?

Media Center Tray Applet (ehtray.exe) is the program that runs in the notification area system tray for Microsoft Media Center.
Description of ehtray.exe from Microsoft
“Microsoft Windows Media Center is a feature of certain SKUs of the Windows 7 operating system that includes enhanced capabilities for consolidating digital entertainment and media content and delivering it, on demand, to the user. Windows Media Center is a sophisticated application designed to provide easy access to the entertainment services and digital media content that are available through the Windows Media Center PC. It has a user interface that is easy to use from a distance and designed to be accessed primarily through a TV-style remote control.”
(ehtray.exe is a system file that is installed with Windows)
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How does ehtray.exe run?

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

How does ehtray.exe start?

Startup files (user) run - ehtray.exe is registered with the run identifier 'ehTray.exe' and the execution command 'C:\Windows\ehome\ehTray.exe' in the Windows registry HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Run keys are startup registry keys that are used to launch an application automatically when a user logs into Windows.
Startup files (all users) run - ehtray.exe is registered with the run identifier 'ehTray' and the execution command 'C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe' in the Windows registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Run keys are startup registry keys that are used to launch an application automatically when any Windows user logs into Windows.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.2% of all Boost users have the ehtray.exe process running.Of the 0.2% of ehtray.exe users, 12.0% have disabled it.
How resource intensive is ehtray.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00097% CPU9679.8%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
     1.93 MB RAM9.0%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
 2 /min0.1%
Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.
              17 GDI objects11.3%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\windows\ehome\ehtray.exe

Are there other versions of Media Center Tray Applet?

ehtray.exe - version 6.1.1000.18273 (longhorn_mc_dev(wmbla).080702-2311)
ehtray.exe - version 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) (this)
ehtray.exe - version 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
ehtray.exe - version 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)
ehtray.exe - version 5.1.2715.2765 (xpsp(wmbla).050928-2135)
ehtray.exe - version 5.1.2710.2732 (xpsp(wmbla).050805-1245)
ehtray.exe - version 5.1.2710.2732 (xpsp(wmbla).050805-1239)
ehtray.exe - version 5.1.2700.2180 (private/xpsp_mce.040810-0205)
Why are multiple of the same versions listed?

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 Media Center Tray Applet.

What else is related?

themeui.dll (Windows-Design-API by Microsoft)
sstext3d.scr (Direct3D-Textbildschirmschoner by Microsoft)
photoviewershim.dll (Windows Live Photo Gallery by Microsoft)
logonui.exe (Windows-Anmeldebenutzeroberfläche by Microsoft)
msxml4a.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)
msxml4r.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)
msxml4.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP 2 by Microsoft)
freecell.exe (Entertainment Pack FreeCell Game by Microsoft)
wiaacmgr.exe (Windows Picture Acquisition Wizard by Microsoft)
prodaiintl1033.dll (ProdAddInIntl by Microsoft)
mimectl.dll (Microsoft® Exchange by Microsoft)
msvcp60.dll (Microsoft (R) Visual C++ by Microsoft)
rstrui.exe (System Restore Application by Microsoft)
dismhost.exe (Dism Host Servicing Process by Microsoft)
bcmsqlstartupsvc.exe (Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2010 by Microsoft)
msonsext.dll (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)
encwcbar.dll (Microsoft Encarta by Microsoft)
workfolderssvc.dll (Microsoft® Work Folders Service by Microsoft)
appreadiness.dll (AppReadiness by Microsoft)
ole32.dll (Microsoft OLE for Windows by Microsoft)
microsoft.biztalk.brmacontrols.dll (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)
ssoconfig.exe (Microsoft® Enterprise Single Sign-On by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6001.65536)
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (6.0.6001.65536)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista Ultimate (6.0.6002.131072)

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File details

File name: ehtray.exe
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation (verified)
Name: Media Center Tray Applet
Description: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Version: 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
Product version: 6.0.6001.18000
Size: 123 KB
Original file name: ehtray.exe
Windows file protection: Yes

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0028909377%
Privileged CPU: 0.0019229605%
User CPU: 0.00096797712700%
Total CPU time: 3 ms
Total CPU time /min: 0 ms
Privileged CPU time: 40159.71 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 3 ms
User CPU time: 0.93 ms
User CPU time /min: 0 ms
CPU cycle count: 341,728,941
CPU cycle count /min: 2,428,854
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 66.57 MB
Peak committed memory: 67.69 MB
Paged memory: 1.93 MB
Peak paged memory: 2.03 MB
Paged system memory: 126.09 KB
Non-paged system memory: 3.34 KB
Working set memory: 1.86 MB
Peak working set memory: 6.09 MB
Min working set memory: 913.67 KB
Private memory: 1.93 MB
Page faults: 5,328
Page faults /min: 10
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 14
Read operations /min: 1
Total read transfer: 3.97 KB
Read transfer /min: 13 Bytes
Total write operations: 4
Write operations /min: 1
Total write transfer: 470 Bytes
Write transfer /min: 3 Bytes
Total other operations: 1,552
Other operations /min: 4
Total other transfer: 13.92 KB
Other Transfer /min: 49 Bytes
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 17
USER objects: 8
Resources
Handle count average: 95
Thread count average: 2
Thread resource averages
rpcrt4.dll

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Medium
Windows platform: 32-bit
Parent Processes
explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)
explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)
Process Commands
"C:\Windows\ehome\ehtray.exe"
"C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe"
"C:\Windows\ehome\EHTray.exe"

Startup files (user) run details

Name: ehTray.exe
Command: C:\Windows\ehome\ehTray.exe

Startup files (all users) run details

Name: ehTray
Command: C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe

Image hashes

MD5: bf08674925f151bd4537b89a493e3e0c
SHA-1: 60bc596427695f4371333234b370fb4af0cb6297
SHA-256: 6a97562e998a2b90649ff7986313ad33823053ff98bbe163ad39aaa5e01fc545

PE image details

File entropy: 6.34907
File packed: No
Import Table
advapi32.dll
gdi32.dll
hid.dll
kernel32.dll
ntdll.dll
ole32.dll
powrprof.dll
setupapi.dll
shell32.dll
shlwapi.dll
slc.dll
user32.dll
wininet.dll
winmm.dll
winsta.dll
wtsapi32.dll
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