MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe
Summary
Microsoft Edge Content Process (legacy Edge). Handles content rendering in the older UWP-based Microsoft Edge browser. Replaced by Chromium-based msedge.exe in newer Windows.
MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe is the 127th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 166,271 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe78.78%
- C:\Windows\System3221.22%
- C:\Windows\Temp\...<0.01%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- ee7174ee353e7d29ce17d29d66411b3623c39d9dec3f439e35af47a7e7a7c89512.86%
- 2a6f8afd52aba4ef6eb172efaaf1c9d29151db154793ecccc90abf9434c036ab12.11%
- 28b24f4b53ac3b9cd5870bcab7069ab7673c0dc12931e80fcdf8ca29c3a9bb0c11.44%
- ecda1f3be91418121256407427f6de817f5a87d13fa6a23b3e80fef8d8c6ebf211.08%
- b86b4d851be12d27ef006956d1ad54df76f838e173f773e28ff48f4eed6fb7189.52%
- c9647070333130224c91bf2fbbfd60766c5115e1c92ba3cd7e1e65d4dc06e93f9.42%
- 34b6d32d2345db5dfe803573f4aa74479ea961004b2f72d25a486d55369aecd86.57%
- cda7f8bb50c9b94c913b9a00debe8c83010447f30ccf5af78b64dc0e54d91bf14.22%
- dc640ef27c54cab19cba571c0f98a5746c23e1642da7e5641d95816497a6178c2.18%
- 62ac8a961256877eb521b5bcd13322956f75b0e5030c6879068bf3bf2209cf491.96%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe98.22%
- svchost.exe1.78%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe98.7%
- explorer.exe<0.01%
Top Children
- WerFault.exe60.24%
- mfpmp.exe39.76%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe normally do?
Part of Microsoft software. Normal operation.
When is MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe suspicious?
Running from unexpected paths.
How do attackers abuse MicrosoftEdgeCP.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.