Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
MetroProvider.exe
MetroProvider by Lee-Soft.com
| Version: | 0.0.0.1 |
| MD5: | a9f9d385fe748c9c75464777b98c5dbf |
| SHA1: | 1d02f4e65affe3ca985470e23f1ba86c8e263e9b |
| SHA256: | c4b6a415d9ad1a076b76d6e214501078462666d7b619c91e8da7d7b2edb61c8a |
Overview
metroprovider.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
vistart.exe (ViStart - The 7 Start Menu by Lee-Soft.com). It is installed with a couple of know programs including ViStart published by Lee-Soft.com and ViStart published by Lee-Soft.com. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This particular version is usually found on Windows 8 (6.2.9200.0).
Details
| File name: | metroprovider.exe |
| Publisher: | Lee-Soft.com |
| Product name: | MetroProvider |
| Description: | Provides Metro Services to ViStart |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\vistart\plugins\metroprovider.exe |
| File version: | 0.0.0.1 |
| Size: | 21.5 KB (22,016 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“ViStart now includes a brand new Start menu Windows 7 skin + more skins like the Windows 8 start menu Metro skin in the online gallery. Times are changing and ViStart is changing with them! When reprogramming ViStart I made a crucial decision, instead of just making a new layout like Windows 7 for ViStart I decided to make even that customizable by themers too. Themers now have complete control of the start menu giving them the power to...”
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00983706% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00641190% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00342516% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 234 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 29/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 11.01 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 12.86 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.86 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 11.01 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 181.7 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 188.22 MB | |
| Working set: | 12.86 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 12.95 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 279 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 21 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 23 | |
| GUI USER count: | 14 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 14 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
100.00% |
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Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
100.00% |
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