fdlauncher.exe
Microsoft SQL Server by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
Overview
fdlauncher.exe has 5 known versions, the most recent one is 2011.0110.2100.060 ((SQL11_RTM).120210-1917 ). It is started as a Windows Service called 'MSSQLFDLauncher' with the name 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSSQLFDLauncher'. The average file size is about 36.61 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Microsoft Corporation by the certification authority Microsoft Corporation. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0000% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 2.25 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 5 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is fdlauncher.exe?
SQL Server provides the functionality for applications and users to issue full-text queries against character-based data in SQL Server tables. Before full-text queries can be run on a given table, the database administrator must create a full-text index on the table. The full-text index includes one or more character-based columns in the table. These columns can have any of the following data types: char, varchar, nchar, nvarchar, text, ntext, image, xml, or varbinary(max).
About fdlauncher.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Each full-text index indexes one or more columns from the base table, and each column can have a specific language. Beginning in SQL Server 2008, full-text search supports more than 50 diverse languag”
 Details
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| File name: | fdlauncher.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft SQL Server |
| Description: | SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launch Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\microsoft sql server\mssql10.mssqlserver\mssql\binn\fdlauncher.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, August 22, 2007 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, February 22, 2009 |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSSQLFDLauncher |
| Display name: | MSSQLFDLauncher |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Microsoft SQL Server.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of fdlauncher.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- MSSQLFDLauncher
- 'MSSQLFDLauncher' (SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (MSSQLSERVER))
All file variations of fdlauncher.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
30.00% |
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| Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
10.00% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
10.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
10.00% |
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| Windows Server 2008 Standard |
10.00% |
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Distribution by country
India installs about 25.00% of Microsoft SQL Server.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
57.14% |
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| Intel |
28.57% |
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| Acer |
14.29% |
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