HxTsr.exe
Summary
Microsoft Outlook Communications process handles background email sync, notifications, and communication features for the Outlook desktop and Mail apps.
HxTsr.exe is the 60th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 562,827 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.8008.42001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.8008.42001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe36.38%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.9029.22105.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe3.12%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.11029.20108.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe2.68%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.8827.21855.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe2.64%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.11425.20190.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe2.6%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.9330.20915.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe2.23%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.13110.41006.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe2.07%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.13228.41011.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe1.93%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.9126.21535.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe1.93%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.11901.20184.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe1.92%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 35131ce235d69ba79393007decd98713141164b3fed982dda7fb71bca8c9b4ed37.59%
- fcefac344b4e8f73d28b25c6dc00baa1b223d32d711f247d8a9d69ae960d883d3.22%
- 1c712de1beaeb7a18626a162c6330cc30839f98f1ab6ecd1f4eb267e779b566b2.7%
- bbfc974cdcfa4be22ace923c59ebeb92f0f295e2cbd1145de1af0865885395f32.52%
- 5f006dafed6ef9f01323252ad23951b424b02a57513ea6e5fb8f7187ea29c89e2.3%
- 2c3506c75ac2bf4c839c4aa2170bc3aa400b690dcddab37c2bcc25f396ab2ab22.14%
- 093eb23e69fec3848f13d128c229ac571fe12b4929aac8d27b59e387b167c38b1.99%
- 3b973a77cf2c693d5e425c9bbb5972e895833dc2fcf1c0a25e71ca9901ece5ac1.99%
- 534953a95803f013fc0b68a4ff5ef4b58b227f4ea760fb1356995f21389106941.99%
- 3d2077d3b8ef8fd964e7c5ff4d59419469dfa58a2ef6f4c2b2a262936ef252e21.91%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe100%
Top Children
- conhost.exe47.17%
- WerFault.exe18.87%
- ngen.exe9.43%
- find.exe5.66%
- GoogleUpdate.exe3.77%
- mscorsvw.exe3.77%
- Asusgiftbox.exe1.89%
- explorer.exe1.89%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does HxTsr.exe normally do?
Part of Microsoft software. Normal operation.
When is HxTsr.exe suspicious?
Running from unexpected paths.
How do attackers abuse HxTsr.exe?
Not commonly abused.
Detection guidance
No specific detection needed.
False positive notes
Normal Microsoft operation.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.