javaw.exe
by Oracle
Runtime
Summary
Java Runtime (windowless) - runs Java applications without a console window.
javaw.exe is the 1205th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,335 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Users\... and it is most often launched by Lunar Client.exe.
1205th
most commonly executed Windows program
1,335
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Users\...26.44%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_161\bin7.72%
- C:\...5.84%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_171\bin5.17%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_151\bin4.72%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\jre-x64\bin4.19%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\jre-legacy\windows-x64\jre-legacy\bin3.9%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_251\bin3.67%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_144\bin3.15%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\java-runtime-alpha\windows-x64\java-runtime-alpha\bin2.77%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- ae6d62ed0da5940bada68db7140f034553918bfb610a03cd07679becad3a161511.64%
- e751a9acd98a14954a86d2f81ae76230214eae5c40d7af62f5826feb284c9a029.04%
- 32546ecf1236769d2d777331f90282fb97589bec75da11c8e727d61d3d4c988a8.65%
- 8f1cb4765e30d2298792ee44687790fdf63267d2e690f10e46fb2fb4da24d8e17.66%
- 69f70de18dbe78ce1b1d3b2f4a8c12a8faae86b9a1d94716916968d6cdbdda575.13%
- ff53529712d6043961f53c4c7aaf224bcd3e2be9305752b2dd896baf9beda9904.82%
- da485fa72eb08726143948e78a5fcb0e0de9921efe336fd471bea56faedbcccd4.36%
- bebae3ec309386fd3e601c3ad5f9116a97c3791cfb7b8b7558b946e45e7249f74.29%
- f97c6ff5cccae69e72a44cfb9404e59e02434ae953c87fdbf79bca9796a25e133.91%
- 2206014de326cf3151bcebcfa89bd380c06339680989cd85f3791e81424b27ec2.99%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe31.75%
- msiexec.exe24.62%
- chrome.exe7.83%
- iexplore.exe5.03%
- userinit.exe4.76%
- jp2launcher.exe2.94%
- firefox.exe1.4%
- wscript.exe1.26%
- OpenWith.exe0.84%
- jucheck.exe0.7%
Top Parents
- Lunar Client.exe24.12%
- installer.exe13.86%
- MinecraftLauncher.exe11.69%
- javaws.exe7.72%
- explorer.exe6.37%
- wscript.exe1.72%
- iexplore.exe1.57%
- cmd.exe1.2%
- jp2launcher.exe1.05%
- msiexec.exe0.67%
Top Children
- tasklist.exe27.75%
- reg.exe24.39%
- rundll32.exe10.43%
- xcopy.exe9.08%
- jucheck.exe7.65%
- cmd.exe3.11%
- node.exe2.19%
- chrome.exe2.1%
- putty.exe1.6%
- java.exe1.35%
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.