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Guest
What is Wowexec.exe?Function?
Sometimes my PC will run this program but it is not stop by itself.
Sometimes my PC will run this program but it is not stop by itself.
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Johnny Lingo
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Patti MacLeod
Hi Andy,
WOWEXEC is short for "Windows On Windows Execution Process" and it provides
support for 16-bit Windows applications and ntvdm (Virtual DOS Machine).
Regards,
WOWEXEC is short for "Windows On Windows Execution Process" and it provides
support for 16-bit Windows applications and ntvdm (Virtual DOS Machine).
Regards,
W
Wesley Vogel
wowexec.exe is used in conjuction with ntvdm.exe to run old DOS
applications.
[[MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows programs actually run as a Win32 process. The
program that creates the virtual MS-DOS environments for these to run in
(NTVDM.EXE) is a Win32 program. A virtual DOS machine (VDM) is created for
the program, so it thinks that it is running on a machine by itself.
However, the virtual machine is a normal 32-bit Windows NT process and is
subject to the same rules of preemptive multitasking as is other programs.
However, this only applies to MS-DOS programs. ]]
[[To run 16-bit Windows applications, NT uses a VDM that contains an extra
software layer called the Win16 on Win32 (WOW) layer. Although the VDM for
Windows shares some of the code for MS-DOS VDM, all Windows applications
share the same VDM. The reason this is done is to simulate the environment
that 16-bit Windows applications run in. Because Windows applications might
want to communicate with one another, a single VDM is used. Each 16-bit
application runs as a thread of the VDM; however, the WOW layers ensures
that only one of these threads is running at any given time. ]]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/evaluate/featfunc/windowsn.mspx#ETAA
FILE INFORMATION:
Name: wowexec.exe
Description: Windows Win16 Application Launcher
Version: 3.10.0.103
wowexec - wowexec.exe - Process Information
Process File: wowexec or wowexec.exe
Process Name: Windows On Windows Execution Process
Description: Windows On Windows Execution Support Process that provides
support for 16-bit Windows applications together with ntvdm.exe. The service
is started by NTVDM, which starts every time you run a 16-bit program.
Company: Microsoft Corp.
[[wowexec.exe: This is as process that is fired off to help "translate"
interrupts, etc for 16 bit applications. If you see this process running,
you are doing just that, running old applications or a DOS/command
line/console window applications. Try and seek out "updated"
software.
]]
Windows XP Strange Service Information
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
applications.
[[MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows programs actually run as a Win32 process. The
program that creates the virtual MS-DOS environments for these to run in
(NTVDM.EXE) is a Win32 program. A virtual DOS machine (VDM) is created for
the program, so it thinks that it is running on a machine by itself.
However, the virtual machine is a normal 32-bit Windows NT process and is
subject to the same rules of preemptive multitasking as is other programs.
However, this only applies to MS-DOS programs. ]]
[[To run 16-bit Windows applications, NT uses a VDM that contains an extra
software layer called the Win16 on Win32 (WOW) layer. Although the VDM for
Windows shares some of the code for MS-DOS VDM, all Windows applications
share the same VDM. The reason this is done is to simulate the environment
that 16-bit Windows applications run in. Because Windows applications might
want to communicate with one another, a single VDM is used. Each 16-bit
application runs as a thread of the VDM; however, the WOW layers ensures
that only one of these threads is running at any given time. ]]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/evaluate/featfunc/windowsn.mspx#ETAA
FILE INFORMATION:
Name: wowexec.exe
Description: Windows Win16 Application Launcher
Version: 3.10.0.103
wowexec - wowexec.exe - Process Information
Process File: wowexec or wowexec.exe
Process Name: Windows On Windows Execution Process
Description: Windows On Windows Execution Support Process that provides
support for 16-bit Windows applications together with ntvdm.exe. The service
is started by NTVDM, which starts every time you run a 16-bit program.
Company: Microsoft Corp.
[[wowexec.exe: This is as process that is fired off to help "translate"
interrupts, etc for 16 bit applications. If you see this process running,
you are doing just that, running old applications or a DOS/command
line/console window applications. Try and seek out "updated"
software.
]]Windows XP Strange Service Information
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In