hpwucli.exe
by HP
Driver/Hardware
Summary
HP Windows Update CLI
hpwucli.exe is the 2407th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 185 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update and it is most often launched by hpwuschd2.exe.
2407th
most commonly executed Windows program
185
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 2a992312482b32a16b7cd793b817e9e22b1c237781b9ae26aa6b1ee04065369f100%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- runonce.exe100%
Top Parents
- hpwuschd2.exe99.46%
- explorer.exe0.54%
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.