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What is svchost.exe

Are you wondering why is it so many processes running with the name svchost.exe in the windows task manager?

What is svchost.exe? Will it harm my computer? I’m Worry:)

Basically, svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries. So in the layman terms, svchost.exe is used to load those .dll files into the memory so it can be called directly by other windows software that uses it. As you can see, .dll libraries files cannot be loaded directly by just double clicking on them. It is not an executable file. Therefore Microsoft developed svchost.exe to load these .dll into memory.

So far so good? Understand?

Basically this is a windows system file. It will not do any harm on your computer.

Why there are so many of them running at the same times?

That is because there are so many services running in the background which uses svchost.exe. Most of the windows services required svchost.exe to run them.

It is not a spyware or malware. So please do not be surprised. It is very common in all windows operating system.

Any questions? Please comment it here.

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Tags: dll-files, svchost, svchost.exe, Windows XP, windows-services

Re-register all DLL files in windows system directory

I suppose  someone might find it helpful,  so here we go:

1) First go Start/Run, and type in ‘cmd’ to bring up the Command Prompt.

2) Type ‘CD \’ and hit enter.

3) Type ‘DIR *.dll /s /b > regdll.bat’ and hit enter.

4) Type ‘Notepad regdll.bat’ and hit enter.

Now Notepad is going to bring up a list of your .dll files, nevermind that for a moment.

5) Now type ‘Path’ and hit enter to see your current path. It will bring up something like: Path=c:\Windows;c:\windows\Command

6) (supplement your Windows Version, ex: C:\WINNT, or C:\Windows) Now type: ‘Path=c:\windows;c:\windows\Command;c:\Windows\Prog
ram~\Accessories’ and hit enter.

7) Verify again by typing ‘Path’ and hitting enter, and then type: ‘C:\WINNT\System32\Regsvr32.exe /s C:\’ and hit enter again.

Now, go back to Notepad and if you have Win98 use the replace feature in Wordpad (CTRL + H) or notepad to search for ‘C:\’ and replace it with this: ‘C:\Windows\System\Regsvr32.exe /s C:\’

If you have Win2000, etc. use the replace command in note pad to search for ‘C:\’ and replace it with this: ‘C:\WINNT\System32\Regsvr32.exe /s C:\’

*Be sure to type the replace string exactly like above or it won’t work*

9) Use “Replace All” to make the changes to the entire file.

10) When it finishes, save it, exit notepad or wordpad, and return to the Command Prompt.

11) Type ‘regdll’ and press enter. If you followed the above steps correctly it will now go through and re-register all your .dll files.

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Tags: dl, dll-files, register-dll, Tips and Tricks, windows