locationnotifications.exe
Location Activity by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 13 versions of locationnotifications.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 86.19 KB.
What is locationnotifications.exe?
Location activity is logged to provide users a way to track which applications have accessed their location information. Sensor drivers use a special object that processes all I/O requests. This object ensures that only programs with user permission can access sensor data.
About locationnotifications.exe (from Microsoft)
“Location activity is automatically logged per application instance. After an application that uses location starts, the first successful attempt and the first failed attempt by an instance of an appli”
Details
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| File name: | locationnotifications.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Location Activity |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\locationnotifications.exe |
| Original name: | LocationNotifications.exe.mui |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of locationnotifications.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'Notifications' in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Location\Notifications'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Location\Notifications'
All file variations of locationnotifications.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
12.25% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
6.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.75% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
2.00% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.75% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
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 7 Starter |
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 Developer Preview |
0.25% |
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| 25 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.67% of Location Activity.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
19.67% |
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| ASUS |
17.44% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
15.77% |
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| Acer |
11.50% |
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| Toshiba |
9.65% |
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| Lenovo |
9.28% |
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| Sony |
5.57% |
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| Intel |
2.97% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.41% |
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| Samsung |
1.67% |
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| Medion |
1.11% |
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| Alienware |
0.93% |
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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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| Sahara |
0.19% |
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