VersionsVersions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 8.12%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 0.43%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 12.82%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 1.07%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.21%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 0.64%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 1.28%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 4.91%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 0.43%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 31.41%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 2.99%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 25.21%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813) 4.06%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 2.99%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 2.35%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 1.07%

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taskhostex.exe

Host Process for Windows Tasks by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove taskhostex.exe
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

taskhostex.exe has 16 known versions, the most recent one is 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). taskhostex.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 64.78 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 0.0030% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 7.2 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 17.19 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 29.46 KB per minute for reads and 119.2 KB per minute for writes.

What is taskhostex.exe?

Host Process for Windows Tasks (TASKHOST) is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup TASKHOST checks the Services portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it needs to load, and then loads them.

DetailsDetails

File name:taskhostex.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Host Process for Windows Tasks
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\taskhostex.exe
Original name:taskhostex.exe.mui
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Expiration date:Tuesday, July 9, 2013

VersionsAll file variations of taskhostex.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
40bd4960734b0fa0872af71b1e4314ce cd5833098a7b72fa5977ef805bfed77e38af8c4a 77.67 KB
61a5597ab30f257bcc47a8e61711f039 da044792696e5a2aebc12695f08e19a817d0e305 65.07 KB
1d8303d3ed5f8c403984a8820e5e599a 060c82489ca739ca3b192e1c5c78d98fe6808eae 78.17 KB
dafa7b04223a5dc8fc478c3ce352f168 77bb61769a76559f31b3b649ff847ef523e67ef0 83.13 KB
17d4e929fef1fd2b3fd0f4d3da809ea6 9327ef5b436e54b38a909143086035faf797c840 64.45 KB
260d04e0fa99e4ee6dc55dc024008363 c45ad15a328dbf333d202668ebc501c1551d2cdf 52.5 KB
90cfaef0b5a1fc92264cb0e9bf325ae8 ed09cd3fe2f358b2404447e732cebca36aea58b6 70.5 KB
af2c8a8a054ee290b49ba59a5d0ed456 5129ddfc1a940dc4c19a11d437c559bb91adb9ad 70.5 KB
6a3e633c623289d8406f1df9bb05f26f 62c8a56d9f33c36f3010b7c39da04cb14af20de1 52.5 KB
0899bf12b2142213630d49e645b8a507 8e1c78c6778f8a955d5280e496de6fe5f53131a6 70.5 KB
3e7332de76af4704b02036b2b49c662c e871da1a82c3aa386fbf3e15dae661b15d03b49a 52.5 KB
456913a14eafd876abdc1fc11da856fa e0a659fe97ecc9ec40f47a1fdaffec6502f1d79b 70.5 KB
ddbf4ac59767ddb0bebcae267ebf0c38 a88317f029edb14b99de4a0354c0fa421c20bfa6 52.5 KB
6f3f0fb3054681eaf9863b86350553c5 d3e8656ff060e3a3a212adaeb4130943bd37a362 52.5 KB
a8cc606c6ec9f192434330b25e4e095f 78d75aee8fcd2fc313c4dcc33a7f54c1314e33aa 70.5 KB
e0e4911b3e59ce074bfd1dd5e9023871 0c39e305fc33834d2da59ae6dd4f353da3851e48 53 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 Pro 26.91%
Windows 8 25.08%
Windows 8.1 16.51%
Windows 8.1 Pro 7.03%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 5.20%
Windows 8 Single Language 4.28%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 3.36%
Windows 8 Enterprise 3.06%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 1.83%
Windows 8 Release Preview 1.53%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 1.22%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 1.22%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 0.61%
Windows 8 Pro N 0.61%
Windows 8.1 N 0.31%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.31%
Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation 0.31%
Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview 0.31%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center 0.31%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 39.08% of Host Process for Windows Tasks.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 15.64%
Toshiba 15.64%
ASUS 13.97%
Acer 13.69%
Dell 12.29%
Lenovo 11.17%
Sony 7.26%
Intel 3.35%
GIGABYTE 2.79%
Samsung 1.68%
Alienware 0.56%
Medion 0.56%
American Megatrends 0.56%
MSI 0.56%
Packard Bell 0.28%
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