code.exe
VSCode binary, also portable (CLI) version
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Windows binaries, scripts, and libraries with documented Living off the Land use cases, commands, detections, and references.
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VSCode binary, also portable (CLI) version
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View authoritative reference ↗Remote file download used by the Intel Graphics Control Panel, receives as first parameter a URL and a destination file path.
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View authoritative reference ↗Powershell.exe is a a task-based command-line shell built on .NET.
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View authoritative reference ↗.NET Tool used for updating cache files for Microsoft Office Add-Ins.
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View authoritative reference ↗Tool used for installation of AppX/MSIX applications on Windows 10
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft .NET ClickOnce Launch Utility.
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View authoritative reference ↗ASP.NET Compilation Tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Schedule periodic tasks
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View authoritative reference ↗Helper binary for Assistive Technology (AT)
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View authoritative reference ↗File used by Windows subsystem for Linux
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View authoritative reference ↗Used for managing background intelligent transfer
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View authoritative reference ↗Used for installing certificates
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View authoritative reference ↗Used for requesting and managing certificates
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows binary used for handling certificates
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View authoritative reference ↗Remote Desktop Services MultiUser Change Utility
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View authoritative reference ↗File Encryption Utility
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View authoritative reference ↗The command-line interpreter in Windows
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View authoritative reference ↗creates, lists, and deletes stored user names and passwords or credentials.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Connection Manager Auto-Download
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View authoritative reference ↗Installs or removes a Connection Manager service profile.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary that handles color management
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View authoritative reference ↗ComputerDefaults.exe is a Windows system utility for managing default applications for tasks like web browsing, emailing, and media playback.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary part of Windows Defender. Used to manage settings in Windows Defender. You can configure different pilot collections for each of the co-management workloads. Being able to use different pilot collections allows you to take a more granular approach when shifting workloads.
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View authoritative reference ↗Console Window host
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary used to launch controlpanel items in Windows
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary file used by .NET Framework to compile C# code
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary used to execute scripts in Windows
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View authoritative reference ↗A host process that is used by custom shells when using Windows in Kiosk mode.
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View authoritative reference ↗DataSvcUtil.exe is a command-line tool provided by WCF Data Services that consumes an Open Data Protocol (OData) feed and generates the client data service classes that are needed to access a data service from a .NET Framework client application.
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows binary used to configure lockscreen/desktop image
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View authoritative reference ↗Device Credential Deployment
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View authoritative reference ↗ClickOnce engine in Windows used by .NET
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary that package existing files into a cabinet (.cab) file
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View authoritative reference ↗Diskshadow.exe is a tool that exposes the functionality offered by the volume shadow copy Service (VSS).
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View authoritative reference ↗A command-line interface for managing DNS servers
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary for working with Microsoft Joint Engine Technology (JET) database
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View authoritative reference ↗Private Character Editor Windows Utility
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View authoritative reference ↗Displays Windows Event Logs in a GUI window.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary that expands one or more compressed files
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary used for managing files and system components within Windows
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View authoritative reference ↗Load a DLL located in the c:\test folder with a specific name.
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View authoritative reference ↗Extract to ADS, copy or overwrite a file with Extrac32.exe
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View authoritative reference ↗Write to ADS, discover, or download files with Findstr.exe
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View authoritative reference ↗Displays information about a user or users on a specified remote computer that is running the Finger service or daemon
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View authoritative reference ↗Filter Manager Control Program used by Windows
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View authoritative reference ↗Selects and executes a command on a file or set of files. This command is useful for batch processing.
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View authoritative reference ↗File System Utility
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View authoritative reference ↗A binary designed for connecting to FTP servers
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by group policy to process scripts
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary used for processing chm files in Windows
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft IME Open Extended Dictionary Module
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View authoritative reference ↗Executes commands from a specially prepared ie4uinit.inf file.
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View authoritative reference ↗Diagnostics Utility for Internet Explorer
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View authoritative reference ↗The IEExec.exe application is an undocumented Microsoft .NET Framework application that is included with the .NET Framework. You can use the IEExec.exe application as a host to run other managed applications that you start by using a URL.
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View authoritative reference ↗used for compile c# code into dll or exe.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary used to perform installation based on content inside inf files
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View authoritative reference ↗The Installer tool is a command-line utility that allows you to install and uninstall server resources by executing the installer components in specified assemblies
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Control Panel tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary file used by .NET to compile JavaScript code to .exe or .dll format
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View authoritative reference ↗Creates, modifies, and deletes LDAP directory objects.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary to package existing files into a cabinet (.cab) file
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by App-v in Windows
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View authoritative reference ↗A utility included with .NET that is capable of compiling and executing C# or VB.net code.
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View authoritative reference ↗Load snap-ins to locally and remotely manage Windows systems
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View authoritative reference ↗Compiler that parses a file containing MOF statements and adds the classes and class instances defined in the file to the WMI repository. Threat actors can leverage this binary to install malicious MOF scripts
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary part of Windows Defender. Used to manage settings in Windows Defender
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View authoritative reference ↗Used to compile and execute code
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View authoritative reference ↗MSConfig is a troubleshooting tool which is used to temporarily disable or re-enable software, device drivers or Windows services that run during startup process to help the user determine the cause of a problem with Windows
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft diagnostics tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Edge browser
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to execute html applications. (.hta)
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to execute msi files
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Office XML Editor, used to handle XML documents in Microsoft Office.
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View authoritative reference ↗Netsh is a Windows tool used to manipulate network interface settings.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Native Image Generator.
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View authoritative reference ↗Used in Windows for managing ODBC connections
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Defender Offline Shell
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View authoritative reference ↗OneDrive Standalone Updater
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View authoritative reference ↗Program Compatibility Assistant
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View authoritative reference ↗Program Compatibility Wizard
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View authoritative reference ↗Capture Network Packets on the windows 10 with October 2018 Update or later.
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View authoritative reference ↗Used for installing drivers
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View authoritative reference ↗File is used for executing Browser applications
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to send files to the printer
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View authoritative reference ↗Printer Migration Command-Line Tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Launcher process
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Problem Steps Recorder, used to record screen and clicks.
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View authoritative reference ↗Remote Desktop Services MultiUser Query Utility
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Remote Access Dialer
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Windows resource leak diagnostic tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Used to manipulate the registry
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View authoritative reference ↗Part of .NET
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to manipulate registry
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View authoritative reference ↗Used to manipulate the registry
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View authoritative reference ↗Used to register new wmi providers
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View authoritative reference ↗Regsvcs and Regasm are Windows command-line utilities that are used to register .NET Component Object Model (COM) assemblies
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to register dlls
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View authoritative reference ↗Used to replace file with another file
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View authoritative reference ↗Remote Desktop Services Reset Utility
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View authoritative reference ↗Used to verify rpc connection
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to execute dll files
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View authoritative reference ↗Launcher process
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View authoritative reference ↗Executes a Run Once Task that has been configured in the registry
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View authoritative reference ↗Execute target PowerShell script
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to manage services
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View authoritative reference ↗Schedule periodic tasks
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View authoritative reference ↗Used for uploading or downloading files over SSH.
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View authoritative reference ↗Execute binary through proxy binary to evade defensive counter measures
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View authoritative reference ↗Configures display settings
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View authoritative reference ↗Host Process for Setting Synchronization
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View authoritative reference ↗sftp.exe is a Windows command-line utility that uses the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to securely transfer files between a local machine and a remote server.
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View authoritative reference ↗File Signature Verification utility to verify digital signatures of files
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View authoritative reference ↗Ssh.exe is the OpenSSH compatible client can be used to connect to Windows 10 (build 1809 and later) and Windows Server 2019 devices.
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View authoritative reference ↗Storage diagnostic tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by App-v to get App-v server lists
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to extract and create archives.
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows 1809 and newer to Debug Time Travel (Underlying call of tttracer.exe)
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows 1809 and newer to Debug Time Travel
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Windows Media Player Setup Utility
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary file used for compile vbs code
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View authoritative reference ↗Used to verify a COM object before it is instantiated by Windows Explorer
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View authoritative reference ↗Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows address book manager
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Backup Administration utility
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View authoritative reference ↗WMI/WBEM Test Binary
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Package Manager tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Logon Reminder executable
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View authoritative reference ↗The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility provides a command-line interface for WMI
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View authoritative reference ↗Work Folders
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View authoritative reference ↗Used by Windows to execute scripts
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View authoritative reference ↗Used to reset Windows Store settings according to its manifest file
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Update Client
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View authoritative reference ↗Execute custom class that has been added to the registry or download a file with Xwizard.exe
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Edge Browser
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View authoritative reference ↗msedgewebview2.exe is the executable file for Microsoft Edge WebView2, which is a web browser control used by applications to display web content.
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View authoritative reference ↗ODBC Data Source Administrator to manage User/System DSNs and ODBC drivers.
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View authoritative reference ↗Setup Unattend Generic Command Processor used during Windows deployment.
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Write
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Terminal
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View authoritative reference ↗Utility for installing software and drivers with rundll32.exe
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View authoritative reference ↗Desktop Settings Control Panel
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View authoritative reference ↗ClickOnce engine in Windows used by .NET
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View authoritative reference ↗INF installer for Internet Explorer. Has much of the same functionality as advpack.dll.
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View authoritative reference ↗Internet Browser DLL for translating HTML code.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft HTML Viewer
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft HTML Viewer
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Photo Viewer
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Script Component Runtime
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Setup Application Programming Interface
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View authoritative reference ↗Shell Doc Object and Control Library.
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Shell Common Dll
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View authoritative reference ↗Photo Gallery Viewer
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows NT System Setup
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View authoritative reference ↗Internet Shortcut Shell Extension DLL.
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View authoritative reference ↗Compressed Folder library
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View authoritative reference ↗COM+ Services
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View authoritative reference ↗PowerShell Diagnostic Script
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View authoritative reference ↗Proxy execution with CL_Mutexverifiers.ps1
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View authoritative reference ↗Aero diagnostics script
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View authoritative reference ↗Locates and imports a Developer PowerShell module and calls the Enter-VsDevShell cmdlet
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View authoritative reference ↗Script for managing BitLocker
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View authoritative reference ↗Proxy execution with Pubprn.vbs
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View authoritative reference ↗Script used related to app-v and publishing server
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View authoritative reference ↗PowerShell Diagnostic Script
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View authoritative reference ↗Script used for manage Windows RM settings
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View authoritative reference ↗Used as part of the Powershell pester
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View authoritative reference ↗Verifies UI accessibility requirements
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View authoritative reference ↗Debugging tool included with Windows Debugging Tools
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View authoritative reference ↗Intune Management Extension included on Intune Managed Devices
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View authoritative reference ↗User Experience Virtualization tool that launches applications under monitoring to capture and synchronize user settings.
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows App Certification Kit command-line tool.
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View authoritative reference ↗Application Virtualization Utility Included with Microsoft Office 2016
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft SQL Server Bulk Copy Program utility for importing and exporting data between SQL Server instances and data files.
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View authoritative reference ↗Background Information Utility included with SysInternals Suite
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View authoritative reference ↗Debugging tool included with Windows Debugging Tools.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary coregen.exe (Microsoft CoreCLR Native Image Generator) loads exported function GetCLRRuntimeHost from coreclr.dll or from .DLL in arbitrary path. Coregen is located within "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Silverlight\5.1.50918.0\" or another version of Silverlight. Coregen is signed by Microsoft and bundled with Microsoft Silverlight.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft .NET Runtime Crash Dump Generator (included in .NET Core)
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View authoritative reference ↗Command line interface included with Visual Studio.
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View authoritative reference ↗A process server included with Debugging Tools for Windows for remote user-mode debugging.
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View authoritative reference ↗This binary can be downloaded along side multiple software downloads on the Microsoft website. It gets downloaded when the user forgets to uncheck the option to set Bing as the default search provider.
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View authoritative reference ↗Visual Studio 2019 tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary will execute specified binary. Part of VS/VScode installation.
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View authoritative reference ↗.NET Execution environment file included with .NET.
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View authoritative reference ↗dotnet.exe comes with .NET Framework
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View authoritative reference ↗Dsdbutil is a command-line tool that is built into Windows Server. It is available if you have the AD LDS server role installed. Can be used as a command line utility to export Active Directory.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft command line utility used to manage SQL Server Integration Services packages.
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View authoritative reference ↗Memory dump tool that comes with Microsoft Visual Studio
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View authoritative reference ↗Dump tool part Visual Studio 2022
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View authoritative reference ↗DirectX diagnostics/debugger included with Visual Studio.
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View authoritative reference ↗Command-line tool for managing certificates in Microsoft Exchange Server.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Office binary
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View authoritative reference ↗64-bit FSharp (F#) Interpreter included with Visual Studio and DotNet Core SDK.
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View authoritative reference ↗32/64-bit FSharp (F#) Interpreter included with Visual Studio.
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View authoritative reference ↗Visual Studio command-line tool for collecting and managing diagnostic trace files.
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View authoritative reference ↗A logging configuration tool from the Windows Kits used to start and manage process logging.
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View authoritative reference ↗Trace log generation tool for Media Foundation Tools.
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View authoritative reference ↗Part of the NodeJS Visual Studio tools.
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View authoritative reference ↗Command-line tool for running Message Passing Interface (MPI) applications.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Office component
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Copilot app
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Copilot proxy launcher
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft tool used to deploy Web Applications.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Office component
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Publisher
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View authoritative reference ↗Command line utility used to perform XSL transformations.
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View authoritative reference ↗Command-line packet capture utility from Microsoft Network Monitor 3.x.
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View authoritative reference ↗Command line utility used to export Active Directory.
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View authoritative reference ↗Symbolic Debugger for Windows.
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View authoritative reference ↗Console Window host for Windows Terminal
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Office component
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View authoritative reference ↗Command line utility for taking and analyzing PIX GPU captures.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Office binary.
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View authoritative reference ↗SysInternals Memory Dump Tool
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Office binary
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View authoritative reference ↗Non-Interactive command line inerface included with Visual Studio.
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View authoritative reference ↗Debugging tool included with Windows Debugging Tools
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View authoritative reference ↗Debugging utility included with Microsoft SQL.
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View authoritative reference ↗Tool included with Microsoft SQL Server that loads SQL Server cmdlets. Microsoft SQL Server\100 and 110 are Powershell v2. Microsoft SQL Server\120 and 130 are Powershell version 4. Replaced by SQLToolsPS.exe in SQL Server 2016, but will be included with installation for compatability reasons.
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View authoritative reference ↗Tool included with Microsoft SQL that loads SQL Server cmdlts. A replacement for sqlps.exe. Successor to sqlps.exe in SQL Server 2016+.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary to update the existing installed Nuget/squirrel package. Part of Microsoft Teams installation.
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View authoritative reference ↗Testing tool included with Microsoft Test Authoring and Execution Framework (TAEF).
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View authoritative reference ↗Electron runtime binary which runs the Teams application
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View authoritative reference ↗TestWindowRemoteAgent.exe is the command-line tool to establish RPC
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View authoritative reference ↗Tool included with Microsoft .Net Framework.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary to update the existing installed Nuget/squirrel package. Part of Microsoft Teams installation.
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View authoritative reference ↗Command-line tool used for performing diagnostics.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary will execute specified binary. Part of VS/VScode installation.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Visio Executable
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View authoritative reference ↗A Windows SDK binary for manual and automated testing of Microsoft UI Automation implementation and controls.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Visual Studio browser launcher tool for web applications debugging
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View authoritative reference ↗VShadow is a command-line tool that can be used to create and manage volume shadow copies.
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View authoritative reference ↗Just-In-Time (JIT) debugger included with Visual Studio
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View authoritative reference ↗Command-line tool used for pretty-print a dump file generated by Message Farm Analyzer tool.
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View authoritative reference ↗The Workflow Command-line Compiler tool is included with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK).
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Debugger for advanced user-mode and kernel-mode debugging.
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Project Executable
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View authoritative reference ↗Microsoft Office binary
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Sandbox command-line interface. Creates, lists, controls, and executes commands inside Windows Sandbox sessions from the host CLI.
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows subsystem for Linux executable
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Performance Toolkit binary used to start performance traces.
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows Performance Toolkit binary used for tracing and analyzing system performance during sleep and resume transitions.
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View authoritative reference ↗Binary to enable forwarded ports on windows operating systems.
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View authoritative reference ↗.NET diagnostic tool for monitoring performance counters of .NET applications in real-time. Installed via 'dotnet tool install --global dotnet-counters' (.NET SDK required).
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View authoritative reference ↗.NET diagnostic tool for collecting runtime traces from .NET applications. Installed via 'dotnet tool install --global dotnet-trace' (.NET SDK required).
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View authoritative reference ↗Agent for Visual Studio Live Share (Code Collaboration)
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View authoritative reference ↗VSTest.Console.exe is the command-line tool to run tests
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View authoritative reference ↗Windows File Manager executable
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View authoritative reference ↗XML Schema Definition Tool included with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK).
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