Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
WDFME.exe
WD File Management Engine
| Version: | 1, 4, 5, 2 |
| MD5: | b5966f1dff6e20576f3c8c2d93d129fd |
| SHA1: | 219745478c8e599bb9548451e373119ae9f31588 |
| SHA256: | 215526629d2160b15117b4f2395aa8b2b01a1237f9320b6cf33b668f7f36b2f5 |
Overview
wdfme.exe runs as a service under the name WD File Management Engine (WDFME) within the local user context. This is typically installed with the program WD SmartWare published by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC).
Details
| File name: | wdfme.exe |
| Product name: | WD File Management Engine |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\wdfme\wdfme.exe |
| File version: | 1, 4, 5, 2 |
| Size: | 1.01 MB (1,060,864 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. |
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Western Digital also ships WD Smartware with many of its drives for use as backup drives. This software backs up all Documents, Pictures, Movies, Emails, and more on the drive, and continually checks for changes to drive locations. This means that regular backup takes place.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'WDFME' (WD File Management Engine)
- WDFME
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00027817% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003254% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00024563% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 318,109,375 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 10/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 90.87 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 72.84 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 252 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 90.87 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 243.37 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 244.37 MB | |
| Working set: | 58.07 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 77.1 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 20 | |
| Handles: | 390 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 4 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\wdfme\wdfme.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | WDFME |
| Display name: | WD File Management Engine |
| Description: | “WD File Management Engine” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
40.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
10.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 70.00% of WD File Management Engine.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
60.00% |
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| Sony |
40.00% |
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