Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, the developer publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
launchy.exe
| MD5: | ce4b32b15a2a49c5b0aed9651cfaecb8 |
| SHA1: | 488f84a6a871643e7d2418d35e663dbfe4e1a83a |
Overview
launchy.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. During installation, it (or a shortcut) is added to the user's startup folder which is designed to automatically launch when the user logs into Windows. This is typically installed with the program Launchy 2.5 published by Code Jelly.
Details
| File name: | launchy.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\launchy\launchy.exe |
| Size: | 372 KB (380,928 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Launchy is a free and open-source application launcher that indexes shortcuts in the start menu, and files in specific folders to allow quicker access to programs without opening the start menu itself, or browsing to the relevant folder. Launchy automatically loads itself on boot and waits for the user to call it by pressing Alt + Space or a custom user hotkey.
Some versions (if downloaded from SourceForge) use the OpenCandy softwar...
Behaviors
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'launchy.exe'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00018258% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00011938% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006320% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 11,587,207 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,888,642/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 19.34 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 33.5 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 16.4 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 19.34 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 170.14 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 244.53 MB | |
| Working set: | 29.2 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 40.79 MB | |
| Page faults: | 863,864/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 168.67 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 116/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 1.41 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 97.72 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 3,868/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 558 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 115 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 202 | |
| GUI USER count: | 36 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 166 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| Launchy.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00385753% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00173112% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00212641% | |
| CPU cycles: | 159,252/sec | |
| Memory: | 376 KB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002784% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002784% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,362/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
16.67% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of launchy.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
