sldShellExtServer.exe
Summary
SolidWorks Shell Extension Server - provides Windows Explorer integration for SolidWorks 3D CAD files.
sldShellExtServer.exe is the 576th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 8,520 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- c5c3f26e41c6942a6aa496ee6c5d72e86f0cd180078190ac1345fe09dcfe781174.88%
- 17b34aef79baca67e81a8fabcae0b47e4be4a5216252fc22647e53367f604c6525.12%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe99.98%
- msiexec.exe0.02%
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.