appinfo.dll
Application Information Service by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
appinfo.dll has 20 known versions, the most recent one is 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). The average file size is about 65.15 KB. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly.
What is appinfo.dll?
The Application Information service (AIS) is responsible for creating a new process to run applications with elevated privileges, typically when running an administrative application while having UAC turned on. Application Information service the running of interactive applications with additional administrative privileges. If this service is stopped, users will be unable to launch applications with the additional administrative privileges they may require to perform desired user tasks.
 Details
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| File name: | appinfo.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Application Information Service |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\appinfo.dll |
| Original name: | appinfo.dll.mui |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of appinfo.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Hosted services
Runs as a shared service under the Windows svcHost
- Shared name is 'Appinfo'
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All file variations of appinfo.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
31.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.25% |
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| Windows 8 |
10.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
9.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
7.75% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.25% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.25% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
1.25% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.25% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.25% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
0.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
0.75% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
0.25% |
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| 24 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 45.43% of Application Information Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
19.44% |
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| Dell |
17.41% |
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| Toshiba |
13.70% |
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| ASUS |
12.96% |
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| Acer |
10.93% |
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| Sony |
7.78% |
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| Lenovo |
7.41% |
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| Samsung |
2.22% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.22% |
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| Intel |
1.85% |
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| Alienware |
1.11% |
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| MSI |
1.11% |
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| Medion |
0.74% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.74% |
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| Gateway |
0.37% |
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