ETDCtrl.exe

ELAN Smart-Pad by ELAN Microelectronics Corporation (Signed)

Remove ETDCtrl.exe
Version:   8, 2, 0, 16
MD5:   4880f039d8c2f9731b516e6f42ed8822
SHA1:   05bdb66b70f18f7c7fd5dd84fd4d80ca4a0a14c6
SHA256:   231375a037a62ac2d8579d05c4f2f59c18eec286c5dc0e8fbd4e09efbee271a4

What is ETDCtrl.exe?

ETD Control Center is part of the ELAN Smart-Pad, a type of multi-finger touch pad input device for laptops.

About ETDCtrl.exe (from ELAN Microelectronics Corporation)

Smart pad (multi-finger touch pad) is a kind of NB input device. It's different from traditional touchpad, because it can support multi-finger gesture to let user interact with their notebook system m

Overview

etdctrl.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including ETDWare PS/2-X86 8.0.7.2_WHQL published by ELAN Microelectronic Corp. and ETDWare PS/2-X86 8.0.6.0_WHQL published by ELAN Microelectronic Corp.. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by ELAN Microelectronics Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:etdctrl.exe
Publisher:ELAN Microelectronics Corp.
Product name:ELAN Smart-Pad
Description:ETD Control Center
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\elantech\etdctrl.exe
File version:8, 2, 0, 16
Size:1.73 MB (1,812,264 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:ELAN Microelectronics Corporation
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Expiration date:Friday, November 7, 2014
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
ELAN Microelectronic Corp.
4% remove
ETDWare PS/2 32 bit is the device driver installed for an Elan Microelectronics Touch Pad. ELAN's Smart Click-Pad eliminates the need of physical buttons since the entire touchpad functions as buttons. User can click almost anywhere on the touchpad to simulate the mouse left or right button click. It's different from traditional touchpad, because it can support multi-finger gesture to let the user interact with their laptop more intuiti...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'ETDCtrl' → C:\Program Files\Elantech\ETDCtrl.exe

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00028859%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00004205%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00024653%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:11,138 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:597,252/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:5.09 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):10.73 MB
Private (minimum):464 KB
Non-paged memory:5.09 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:87.81 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):91.66 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.64 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):10.82 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:15,786/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:238.88 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:30/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:10
12
Handles:323
600
GUI GDI count:106
103
GUI GDI peak:108
142
GUI USER count:64
49
GUI USER peak:68
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\elantech\etdctrl.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 72.22%
Windows 8 9.26%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.41%
Windows 7 Home Basic 5.56%
Windows 8 Pro 3.70%
Windows 7 Starter 1.85%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 42.59% of ELAN Smart-Pad.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 57.78%
Acer 22.22%
Samsung 20.00%
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