Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
TaskSwitchXP.exe
TaskSwitchXP by Alexander Avdonin
| Version: | 2.0.11.0 |
| MD5: | aceb501dc6253d26039cde2fe82a5576 |
| SHA1: | ec24fd29abfaa6edc33c70398b1103df0a7083e1 |
| SHA256: | 9fd657b28e280ffcd0de863c11c0d9526316a9c45516c3a7fb816db3227014c4 |
Overview
taskswitchxp.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). This is typically installed with the program TaskSwitchXP published by Alexander Avdonin.
Details
| File name: | taskswitchxp.exe |
| Publisher: | Alexander Avdonin |
| Product name: | TaskSwitchXP |
| Description: | TaskSwitchXP Pro 2.0 |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\taskswitchxp.exe |
| File version: | 2.0.11.0 |
| Size: | 61.5 KB (62,976 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | Yes |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“TaskSwitchXP provides the same functionality as the existing application switching mechanism in Windows XP today. In addition to displaying an icon list, however, the application will also show a thumbnail preview of the window that will be switched to. TaskSwitchXP allows you to minimize windows to the system tray and perform many other actions on them. You can easily minimize, maximize, restore, close a window or even kill the process...”
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'TaskSwitchXP' → C:\Program Files\TaskSwitchXP\TaskSwitchXP.exe
- 'TaskSwitch' → C:\WINDOWS\system32\TaskSwitchXP.exe
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'TaskSwitchXP' → C:\Program Files\TaskSwitchXP\TaskSwitchXP.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00036984% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00034568% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002416% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 54,828 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 898 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 1.18 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 858 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 898 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 26.35 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 32.54 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.1 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.77 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 34 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 22 | |
| GUI USER count: | 6 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
Russia installs about 50.00% of TaskSwitchXP.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| GIGABYTE |
100.00% |
|
