Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Child process
Related files
StartMenuX.exe
StartMenuX by OrdinarySoft (Signed)
| Version: | 4.5.3.0 |
| MD5: | a3471211029f4a71676521d46d27f1ae |
| SHA1: | 6cb5e17cc46f6962b6bfa3977cd27c08f8692ace |
| SHA256: | f5612e52f2a891d38324d2d803f9c582ee78cd26927ebe28398b72e6b91d5b5c |
About StartMenuX.exe (from OrdinarySoft)
“Start Menu is a replacement of the system menu for professionals. Power users know how inconvenient and time-consuming it is to launch programs from the system menu.
We have created a solution for ”
Overview
startmenux.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). The file is digitally signed by OrdinarySoft which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | startmenux.exe |
| Publisher: | OrdinarySoft |
| Product name: | StartMenuX |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\start menu x\startmenux.exe |
| File version: | 4.5.3.0 |
| Product version: | 4.53 |
| Size: | 4.88 MB (5,120,944 bytes) |
| Build date: | 9/29/2012 12:21 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | OrdinarySoft |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'StartMenuX80' → "C:\Program Files\Start Menu X\StartMenuX.exe"
- 'StartMenuX' → C:\Program Files\Start Menu X\StartMenuX.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006370% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001182% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005187% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 12,168 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,171,183/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 34.92 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 47.34 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.01 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 34.92 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 170.86 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 231.59 MB | |
| Working set: | 9.95 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 47.57 MB | |
| Page faults: | 96,043/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 6.29 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 24/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 74 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 578 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 26/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 9 | |
| Handles: | 321 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 148 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 178 | |
| GUI USER count: | 129 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 145 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\start menu x\startmenux.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| StartMenuX.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00086399% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00049154% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00037245% | |
| CPU cycles: | 626,208/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.07 MB | |
| gdiplus.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000439% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000439% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 128/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.09 MB | |
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 Home Premium |
40.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
10.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
10.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of StartMenuX.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.00% |
|
| ASUS |
20.00% |
|
| Acer |
20.00% |
|
| Toshiba |
20.00% |
|
| American Megatrends |
10.00% |
|
