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What is Explorer.EXE?

Part of Windows Explorer by Microsoft

What is it?

Windows Explorer also known as File Explorer, is a file manager application and also a navigation tool that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It is also the component of the operating system that presents many user interface items on the monitor such as the taskbar and desktop. Located in the C:\Windows directory, it is sometimes referred to as the Windows shell, explorer.exe.
(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.
Windows Explorer is loaded by:

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.6% of all Boost users have the explorer.exe process running.Of the 0.6% of explorer.exe users, less than 1% have disabled it.
How stable is Windows Explorer?
Based on crash data discovered by Boost, stability is a measure of how sound this particular process and the average percent of times it crashes.
     explorer.exe0.03%
Typical program1.26%
How resource intensive is Explorer.EXE?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.00326% CPU32585.1%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
46.11 MB RAM214.1%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
 6 /min0.3%
Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.
407 GDI objects271.3%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
42 context switches/sec42.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\windows\explorer.exe

Are there other versions of Windows Explorer?

explorer.exe - version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710)
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 6.00.2900.3244 (xpsp.071030-1535)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.3156 (xpsp_sp2_qfe.070613-1311)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.3156 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.070613-1234)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.2649 (xpsp.050406-1732)
explorer.exe - version 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
explorer.exe - version 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) (this)

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 Windows Explorer.
syncui.dll (Windows Briefcase by Microsoft)
ntshrui.dll (Shell extensions for sharing by Microsoft)
puiobj.dll (PrintUI Objects DLL by Microsoft)
oledb32.dll (OLE DB Core Services by Microsoft)
igfxpph.dll (Intel(R) Common User Interface by Intel)
shdocvw.dll (Shell Doc Object and Control Library by Microsoft)
ieframe.dll (Windows® Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
webcheck.dll (Windows® Internet Explorer by Microsoft)
photoviewer.dll (Windows Photo Gallery by Microsoft)
browseui.dll (Shell Browser UI Library by Microsoft)
networkexplorer.dll (Network Explorer by Microsoft)
explorerframe.dll (ExplorerFrame by Microsoft)
zipfldr.dll (Compressed (zipped) Folders by Microsoft)
synccenter.dll (Microsoft Sync Center by Microsoft)
gameux.dll (Games Explorer by Microsoft)
wmpshell.dll (Windows Media Player Launcher by Microsoft)
wpdshext.dll (Portable Devices Shell Extension by Microsoft)
oobefldr.dll (Welcome Center by Microsoft)
groovesystemservices.dll (GrooveSystemServices Module by Microsoft)
qtcf.dll (QuickTime by Apple)
imfshellext.dll (BlueBirdShellExt Module by IObit Information Technology)
hccutils.dll (Intel(R) Common User Interface by Intel)
nvapi.dll (NVIDIA Windows drivers by NVIDIA)
itunesminiplayer.dll (iTunes by Apple)
navshext.dll (Symantec Shared Component by Symantec)
coregraphics.dll ( CoreGraphics by Apple)
corevideo.dll (CodeVideo.dll by Apple)
coreaudiotoolbox.dll (CoreAudio by Apple)
sasctxmn.dll (SUPERAntiSpyware Context Menu Extension by SuperAdBlockercom)
ocdeskband_0.dll (ocdeskband Dynamic Link Library by Pokki)
nvshext.dll (NVIDIA Shell Extensions by NVIDIA)
ashshell.dll (avast! Antivirus by AVAST Software)

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)

Windows Explorer Stability

explorer.exe crashes or has encountered a critical error 0.8900% of the time.
1.  
Error: Stopped working (APPCRASH)
Occurred on: August 12, 2013
2.  
Error: Stopped working (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago
3.  
Error: Stopped working (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Basic (6.0.6001.65536)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6001.65536)
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (6.0.6001.65536)

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File details

File name: Explorer.EXE
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation (verified)
Name: Windows Explorer
Description: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Version: 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Product version: 6.0.6000.16386
Size: 2.79 MB
Original file name: EXPLORER.EXE
Windows file protection: Yes

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0046557905%
Privileged CPU: 0.0013972765%
User CPU: 0.00325851399779%
Privileged CPU time: 50285456857.89 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 19 ms
CPU cycle count: 145,231,261
CPU cycle count /min: 270,570,661
Context switches /sec: 42
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 262.27 MB
Peak committed memory: 327.53 MB
Paged memory: 46.11 MB
Peak paged memory: 81.42 MB
Paged system memory: 409.04 KB
Non-paged system memory: 55.53 KB
Working set memory: 50.66 MB
Peak working set memory: 96.19 MB
Min working set memory: 33.33 MB
Private memory: 46.11 MB
Page faults: 13,095,302
Page faults /min: 159
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 131,324
Read operations /min: 5
Read transfer /min: 10.46 KB
Total write operations: 5,574
Write operations /min: 1
Total write transfer: 102.95 MB
Write transfer /min: 101 Bytes
Total other operations: 47,978,932
Other operations /min: 196
Total other transfer: 138.48 MB
Other Transfer /min: 18.06 KB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 407
USER objects: 247
Resources
Handle count average: 762
Thread count average: 28
Thread resource averages
shlwapi.dll
stobject.dll
wlanapi.dll
rpcrt4.dll
mscorwks.dll
gdiplus.dll
wdmaud.drv
sndvolsso.dll
ole32.dll
winmm.dll
mmdevapi.dll
msvcrt.dll
ntdll.dll

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Medium
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

Network connectivity

Windows Firewall allowed program: Yes

Image hashes

MD5: 4f554999d7d5f05daaebba7b5ba1089d
SHA-1: e509a42554cc0e5888ac8bf494d3c02223238609
SHA-256: 178d20aaecbd408dffda71ae4d70ad61c278229b4cd7dcd7b854a9a8404ca657

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows GUI
Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C++
File entropy: 6.74403
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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