QTTask.exe
QuickTime by Apple Computer
Overview
qttask.exe has 6 known versions, the most recent one is 7.1. qttask.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. It also provides a graphical interface (GUI) for the user to interact with it and contains an icon in the Windows notifictaion system tray (near the clock). During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 141.33 KB. Numerous variations of qttask.exe have been installed with both QuickTime and QuickTime 7. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0004% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.09 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 5.18 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 862 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is qttask.exe?
QuickTime Task is part of the Apple QuickTime Player, a free multimedia player.
About qttask.exe (from Apple Computer)
“A powerful multimedia technology with a built-in media player, QuickTime lets you view Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media in a wide range of file formats. And it lets you enjoy them”
 Details
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| File name: | qttask.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Computer, Inc. |
| Product name: | QuickTime |
| Description: | QuickTime Task |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\quicktime\qttask.exe |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of QuickTime.)
QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. QuickTime for Microsoft Windows has always be...
“QuickTime Player 7 supports older media formats, such as QTVR, interactive QuickTime movies, and MIDI files on Snow Leopard and OS X Lion. It also accepts QuickTime 7 Pro registration codes, which tur...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of qttask.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'QuickTime Task' → "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
All file variations of qttask.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
45.45% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
36.36% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
9.09% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition |
9.09% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 70.00% of QuickTime.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
36.36% |
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| Intel |
36.36% |
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| ASUS |
18.18% |
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| GIGABYTE |
9.09% |
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