Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

5.2.0.0	10.00%
5.1.6.0	10.00%
5.0.2.0	10.00%
4.8.0.0	10.00%
4.8.0.0	10.00%
4.7.6.0	10.00%
4.6.6.0	10.00%
4.5.3.0	10.00%
4.5.3.0	10.00%
4.4.0.0	10.00%

Relationships

StartMenuX.exe

StartMenuX by OrdinarySoft (Signed)

Remove StartMenuX.exe

Version:	4.8.0.0
MD5:	eb631d6dcad3a716e9b4dd22a92ec0bd
SHA1:	5e9030a531671289a694de9bf316f769d6bf4db4

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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Start Menu X Version 4.8 published by OrdinarySoft and Start Menu X version 5.02 published by OrdinarySoft. 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:	4.8.0.0
Product version:	4.8
Size:	6.63 MB (6,953,792 bytes)
Build date:	5/3/2013 7:07 AM
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

Programs

The following programs will install this file

Start Menu X

OrdinarySoft

9% remove

“Start Menu X is a replacement of the system menu for professionals. Power users are a lot more demanding, and it's not surprising - instead of a petty dozen of programs we have hundreds! This means that we need a solution developed by professionals for professionals. Find out how to find and launch programs without scrolling, extra clicks and moves - this is Start Menu X.”

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:	0.00123589%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00066525%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00057065%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	437 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	17,557,314/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	342/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	12.8 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	28.48 MB
Private (minimum):	27.78 MB
Non-paged memory:	12.8 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	182.5 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	190.32 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	28.48 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	28.48 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	98,586/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	49.57 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	95/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	346 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	2.1 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	58/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	238	600
GUI GDI count:	86	103
GUI GDI peak:	94	142
GUI USER count:	67	49
GUI USER peak:	70	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\start menu x\startmenux.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

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