dfdwiz.exe
Windows Disk Diagnostic User Resolver by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
dfdwiz.exe has 14 known versions, the most recent one is 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). dfdwiz.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process utilizes the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically launch the file as a process when a user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 71.71 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 8.66 MB. 
 Details
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| File name: | dfdwiz.exe | 
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation | 
| Product name: | Windows Disk Diagnostic User Resolver | 
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\dfdwiz.exe | 
| Original name: | DFDWiz.exe.mui | 
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of dfdwiz.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver'
 
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver' runs on logon in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver'
 
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver'
 
All file variations of dfdwiz.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 
32.75% | 
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| Windows 7 Ultimate | 
18.50% | 
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| Windows 8.1 | 
12.25% | 
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| Windows 8 | 
6.50% | 
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| Windows 7 Professional | 
6.25% | 
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| Windows 8.1 Pro | 
5.75% | 
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| Windows 8 Pro | 
3.75% | 
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language | 
2.00% | 
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| Windows Vista Home Premium | 
2.00% | 
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| Windows 8 Single Language | 
1.75% | 
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| Windows 7 Home Basic | 
1.75% | 
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center | 
1.50% | 
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| Windows 8 Enterprise | 
0.75% | 
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview | 
0.75% | 
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N | 
0.50% | 
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise | 
0.50% | 
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center | 
0.50% | 
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| Windows 8.1 N | 
0.25% | 
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| Windows Seven Black Edition | 
0.25% | 
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation | 
0.25% | 
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| Windows Vista Home Basic | 
0.25% | 
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| 26 other Windows OS version | 
Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.56% of Windows Disk Diagnostic User Resolver.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 
20.26% | 
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| ASUS | 
18.05% | 
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| Hewlett-Packard | 
15.29% | 
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| Acer | 
11.05% | 
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| Toshiba | 
9.21% | 
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| Lenovo | 
9.21% | 
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| Sony | 
5.89% | 
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| Intel | 
2.95% | 
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| GIGABYTE | 
2.39% | 
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| Samsung | 
1.66% | 
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| Alienware | 
1.10% | 
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| Medion | 
1.10% | 
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| Gateway | 
0.37% | 
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| MSI | 
0.37% | 
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| NEC | 
0.37% | 
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| American Megatrends | 
0.37% | 
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| Compaq | 
0.37% | 
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