VersionsVersions

1.0.1.0 40.00%
1.0.1.0 60.00%
(Note, Stardock Corporation publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

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start8_64.exe

Stardock Start8 by Stardock Corporation (Signed)

Remove start8_64.exe

Overview

start8_64.exe has 2 known versions, the most recent one is 1.0.1.0. start8_64.exe is run as a standard windows process in the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges. The average file size is about 240.17 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Stardock Corporation by the certification authority COMODO CA Limited. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0001% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.04 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 3.09 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 10 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

What is start8_64.exe?

Start8 adds a Start button and Start menu to Windows 8.

About start8_64.exe (from Stardock Corporation)

Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and pac

DetailsDetails

File name:start8_64.exe
Publisher:Stardock Software, Inc
Product name:Stardock Start8
Description:Start8
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\stardock\start8\start8_64.exe
Original name:Start8.exe
Certificate
Issued to:Stardock Corporation
Authority (CA):COMODO CA Limited
Effective date:Monday, October 3, 2011
Expiration date:Friday, October 3, 2014

ResourcesPrograms installed in

(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Stardock Start8.)
Stardock Corporation
7% remove
We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality. Windows 7-style Star...
Stardock Corporation
8% remove
We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality. Windows 7-style Star...
win.rar GmbH
12% remove
WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility that supports RAR, and ZIP and can unpack ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE and 7z compressed archives. Version 5 uses the RAR5 arc...

VersionsAll file variations of start8_64.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
80c27f3c69460a988c3796e498b752ae 75cab1fe25ec0105b3e7961092a9f43dda7eafb3 240.17 KB
c52567e72b14dc7b3aa316ddcdf3a001 1f0623fe652eebe547cbecba3b1bbe264cda1ad5 240.17 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 30.00%
Windows 8 Pro 30.00%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 15.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro 10.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 10.00%
Windows 8.1 5.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 70.00% of Stardock Start8.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Toshiba 40.00%
Hewlett-Packard 20.00%
Dell 20.00%
Samsung 10.00%
Acer 10.00%
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