Undecipherable Names

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2/20/2007 8:10 AM



In a throwback to the names of yore, software names are often
undecipherable. E.g., the name of the executable file ZCfgSvc.exe is what?
And if not obvious, what does the file do? Doing a search every time I see
an indecipherable file name is inconvenient (for this slow and inaccurate
typist). Is there a website that has a listing of the more common file names
and what the files do?



Thank you,



Barry Karas
 
bkaras said:
2/20/2007 8:10 AM



In a throwback to the names of yore, software names are often
undecipherable. E.g., the name of the executable file ZCfgSvc.exe is
what? And if not obvious, what does the file do? Doing a search every
time I see an indecipherable file name is inconvenient (for this slow
and inaccurate typist). Is there a website that has a listing of the
more common file names and what the files do?
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http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm - What loads at Startup?
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/
http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/search.php
http://www.greatis.com/appdata/index.html
http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
http://www.norris160.org/noel/win_processes.htm


Malke
 
bkaras said:
In a throwback to the names of yore, software names are often
undecipherable. E.g., the name of the executable file ZCfgSvc.exe is what?
And if not obvious, what does the file do? Doing a search every time I see
an indecipherable file name is inconvenient (for this slow and inaccurate
typist). Is there a website that has a listing of the more common file
names and what the files do?
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www.google.com
 
bkaras said:
In a throwback to the names of yore, software names are often
undecipherable. E.g., the name of the executable file ZCfgSvc.exe is
what? And if not obvious, what does the file do? Doing a search every
time I see an indecipherable file name is inconvenient (for this slow
and inaccurate typist). Is there a website that has a listing of the
more common file names and what the files do?
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It's part of Intel's ProSet utilities used by wireless network cards.

If you right-click on the file and choose Properties, most .EXEs will
have a Version tab that shows what they are and where they're from.
 
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