SMConfigInstaller.exe
Summary
WCF generic command handler for Windows Vista and later setup configuration
SMConfigInstaller.exe is the 2824th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 116 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation and it is most often launched by setupplatform.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation82.76%
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation15.52%
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_wcf-m_sm_cfg_ins_exe_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.1_none_61b727c410e41aaa0.86%
- C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_wcf-m_sm_cfg_ins_exe_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.1_none_05988c405886a9740.86%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 2c9593489c1ff69afeab90b3acd449c7daf16d2fe02d688c3cdeac7fb896f05246.43%
- 6b163c85b95f645bfa54c56ed6e502d6c256bc574a461511865ad21d02657afe17.86%
- a989edefadf62084efc6be5a8792cf9ec152baa69dee42edc98dd3b23ccde1588.04%
- 206d0d7290a98ff49c94c2027d8416d46baf45b8c1ad0f0f651e98dd0c748fae4.46%
- 6bb937a3ec4cf32ea44a5720915e7fff5f1180b4aeb92b9d1a9a1984c98b76bb3.57%
- 41c389dda867437165935229dad429e5517a4196483a9661a082d0cacf3c99b32.68%
- 5147b3d0f93073b546521b9e545c06b26f86756f47c10b1114e29ad3450e40ff2.68%
- abfcfc8f0ed2368cfcca6a6282383b72160517cb1a0f278fec372709b3ed35e32.68%
- 208e8d77f6d064c829f2124f85014aab7c22d21a827f18ab225bb42197fb9d9d1.79%
- 4a70277919fb8e536c30f54ca27662b16532104e6f53c290297a0c683d71f2711.79%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- svchost.exe32.79%
Top Parents
- setupplatform.exe67.24%
- TiWorker.exe32.76%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
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.