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What is explorer.exe?

Part of Sistema operativo 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.

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.
0.00172% CPU17185.1%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
21.24 MB RAM98.7%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
310 GDI objects206.7%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
43 context switches/sec43.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\windows\explorer.exe

Are there other versions of Sistema operativo Microsoft® W...?

explorer.exe - version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.5634 (xpsp_sp3_qfe.080703-1303)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) (this)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
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 Sistema operativo 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)
grooveshellextensions.dll (GrooveShellExtensions Module by Microsoft)
groovesystemservices.dll (GrooveSystemServices Module by Microsoft)
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)
itunesminiplayer.dll (iTunes by Apple)
pdfshell.dll (Adobe PDF Shell Extension by Adobe Systems)
googledrivesync32.dll (Google Drive by Google)
ashshell.dll (avast! Antivirus by AVAST Software)
wpdshserviceobj.dll (Windows Portable Device Shell Service Object by Microsoft)
shlxthdl.dll (by Apache Software Foundation)
shlxthdl.dll (LibreOffice by The Document Foundation)
jzipshell.dll (jZip by Bandoo Media)
itunesminiplayerlocalized.dll (iTunes by Apple)
stobject.dll (Objeto de servicio de núcleo Systray by Microsoft)
shimgvw.dll (Visor de imágenes y fax de Windows by Microsoft)
cscui.dll (IU de la caché en el lado cliente by Microsoft)
cscdll.dll (Agente de red sin conexión by Microsoft)
mydocs.dll (Carpeta Mis Documentos UI by Microsoft)
ntshrui.dll (Extensiones de interfaz para uso compartido by Microsoft)
themeui.dll (Temas de Windows API by Microsoft)
printui.dll (DLL de la IU de impresión by Microsoft)
syncui.dll (Maletín de Windows by Microsoft)
zipfldr.dll (Carpetas comprimidas (en zip) by Microsoft)
shdocvw.dll (Biblioteca del control y el objeto documento de Shell by Microsoft)
browseui.dll (Biblioteca de IU Shell Browser by Microsoft)
webcheck.dll (Monitor de sitios Web by Microsoft)
themeui.dll (Temas de Windows API by Microsoft)

What else is related?

licmgr10.dll (Administrador de licencias ActiveX by Microsoft)
occache.dll (Object Control Viewer by Microsoft)
mshtml.dll (Microsoft (R) HTML Viewer by Microsoft)
urlmon.dll (Extensiones OLE32 para Win32 by Microsoft)
url.dll (DLL de extensión Shell para el acceso directo a Internet by Microsoft)
iexplore.exe (Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
fxssvc.exe (Servicio de fax by Microsoft)
pcasvc.dll (Servicio Asistente para la compatibilidad de programas by Microsoft)
wudfsvc.dll (Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Service by Microsoft)
das.dll (Servicio de asociación de dispositivos by Microsoft)
provsvc.dll (Grupo Hogar de Windows by Microsoft)
fdphost.dll (Servicio host de proveedor de detección de funciones by Microsoft)
ssdpsrv.dll (DLL de servicio SSDP by Microsoft)
aelupsvc.dll (Servicio de experiencia con aplicaciones by Microsoft)
mmcss.dll (Servicio Programador de aplicaciones multimedia by Microsoft)
iphlpsvc.dll (Servicio que ofrece conectividad IPv6 en una red IPv4. by Microsoft)
themeservice.dll (DLL del servicio de temas del shell de Windows by Microsoft)
ncdautosetup.dll (DLL del servicio Configuración automática de dispositivos conectados a la red by Microsoft)
taskmgr.exe (Administrador de tareas by Microsoft)
schtasks.exe (Task Scheduler Configuration Tool by Microsoft)
rundll32.exe (Ejecutar un archivo DLL como una aplicación by Microsoft)
qmgr.dll (Servicio de transferencia inteligente en segundo plano 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: Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows®
Description: Explorador de Windows
Version: 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
Product version: 6.00.2900.5512
Size: 1012 KB
Original file name: EXPLORER.EXE
Windows file protection: Yes

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0051087745%
Privileged CPU: 0.0033902607%
User CPU: 0.00171851385828%
Privileged CPU time: 7896603.12 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 0 ms
Context switches /sec: 43
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 113.95 MB
Peak committed memory: 246.05 MB
Paged memory: 21.24 MB
Peak paged memory: 24.43 MB
Paged system memory: 153.43 KB
Non-paged system memory: 23.08 KB
Working set memory: 10.24 MB
Peak working set memory: 29.6 MB
Min working set memory: 5.65 MB
Private memory: 21.24 MB
Page faults: 157,066
Page faults /min: 0
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 3,235
Total read transfer: 6.03 MB
Total write operations: 42
Total write transfer: 554.46 KB
Total other operations: 1,576,566
Total other transfer: 172.43 MB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 310
USER objects: 155
Resources
Handle count average: 537
Thread count average: 12
Thread resource averages
shlwapi.dll
ntdll.dll
winmm.dll

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Undefined
Windows platform: 32-bit
System Tray: Yes
Process Command
C:\WINDOWS\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: 7522f548a84abad8fa516de5ab3931ef
SHA-1: 78f905f135771dec9646f6f753195adf5e7bf7c9
SHA-256: 0e2f07845b836db6ae4ccbd6e6ca5c609a84b83b7caebdf698672a9cc1892893

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows GUI
Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C++
File packed: No
Import Table
advapi32.dll
dwmapi.dll
gdi32.dll
gdiplus.dll
kernel32.dll
msvcrt.dll
ntdll.dll
ole32.dll
powrprof.dll
propsys.dll
rpcrt4.dll
secur32.dll
shell32.dll
shlwapi.dll
slc.dll
user32.dll
uxtheme.dll
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