DataExchangeHost.exe

by Microsoft
Operating System

Summary

Windows Data Exchange Host - mediates data sharing between UWP apps and desktop applications.

DataExchangeHost.exe is the 915th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 2,649 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.

915th
most commonly executed Windows program
2,649
observed executions
low
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Windows\System32100%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 78f67ddb33476f9ad6a1a352bb91d447b1f65a77c998af55467f3ca3b257b5d249.76%
  • 1c6920b09bd67de916ce0b4819b7023b67d689072e7316a1add66c4657f7ff3f13.12%
  • 5b5017eac1bc4711fe3540d4060e3ad631fcf06718a0e9c3958623086a809f119.92%
  • d66615329639da2fb6eb162d358c3aad836c9a1cdad182f3be01fadd58a5bdc37.97%
  • 21a5f9b32d5623ba95f7c9f6aafb479dc793bf810adcae3922d642650e20b1296.45%
  • d0b9e7c79bd8462b182157df410cfebdd2d28d1e89773590df383acec98269574.63%
  • 55a8e3733ac2e88a2975e16a4e2968b7c81fb113e02f9d14ac9b0566d41e8d232.38%
  • 413ba2fbf2b368402e88246d2268434d61bca1725b4211dae3d295d1b756dfd52.21%
  • 42500ef4fd11ff066f240737ae1951c4220f86bee80d2260b2819864cbe00f3b1.3%
  • 839173a5b2a980eea9d306d71f09876cecfe6b68efbf4735182924bcdc2756460.61%

Process Ancestry

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Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.

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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.