Rocky Raccoon

PhotosService.exe

by Microsoft
Operating System

Summary

Windows Photos background service

PhotosService.exe is the 1912th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 351 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2023.11050.16005.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService and it is most often launched by sihost.exe.

1912th
most commonly executed Windows program
351
observed executions
low
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2023.11050.16005.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService50.71%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2023.11030.27009.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService24.22%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2024.11070.11002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService11.4%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2023.11090.12017.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService3.42%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2023.11100.11002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService2.56%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2024.11030.15001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService1.99%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2023.11110.29003.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService1.71%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2024.11010.23003.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService1.71%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2023.11110.6001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService0.85%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2022.31110.14005.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhotosService0.57%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 9bd053984f8932dedc20693dc1739ee583f2c04b62373a8c379aad9b1648d36c50.71%
  • 3e2e9e81c00cbf1dac600aa17335de03510d59c150afb9e10e49bb93883a611624.22%
  • a8a0b4e3c7205e7bb9c09a27122f1cac1fedd1bf181055f52529f0f08ab4773d11.4%
  • 10c92492b1ba22f0fd3950659b6cb4d058e757e9fc88d554af5336a8d94af9c73.42%
  • a2ebbcf946459b8dd2585ff2497b367a92aa0a3c400a9a4a46f441dfecd7544f2.56%
  • c2c036604b424ae3b06866684a402a3ccc2f453a42f849c44b41bf4fc91dc7b31.99%
  • 5bd02619cd475be287eea0e547c74d54e280e55ca793d57350e7f9c937fd24301.71%
  • cf03a21fbf2278b01550cd6323b68696bb6471533f8859607af32910952b43221.71%
  • d27c7d549fc4a109a2384e553e10bdf4d9053f8a2780e566761157370aad8ac80.85%
  • 47ab1ca8df26cbc3f7f0868662523b8031423f4a3e94be3d9eda67d21dc1bf040.57%

Process Ancestry

Top Parents

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