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Ssms.exe

by Microsoft
Database

Summary

SQL Server Management Studio

Ssms.exe is the 2687th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 138 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE and it is most often launched by explorer.exe.

2687th
most commonly executed Windows program
138
observed executions
low
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE38.41%
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 19\Common7\IDE21.01%
  • D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio10.14%
  • D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE8.7%
  • D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 19\Common7\IDE6.52%
  • D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio5.07%
  • D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio5.07%
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio2.9%
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio1.45%
  • D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio0.72%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 76911fc1355a32f421f22c236506f73b2bcd8cb28eda19c5ccb8db857e0e758d46.38%
  • fc5126ee187ff3110e197505f367b6a9528553d9fb808eb33cfc02b3e68f86ca8.7%
  • 81d43f0656a08077eb07ef5675602482ddad2ede09fe13ec67bf690b487b12027.97%
  • f838835f72f3e05768530be21e279901715b0db2b726813658db804ff368d58b7.97%
  • 6d284892164f24ab260886a3a29e33fcf3ca3911e721581d7182ddbd5c61649d7.25%
  • 8c811378d8926761177c2193be1d56a4066bf723a979fd54bca2d21f3e1de6d25.07%
  • c90a804cc4f1f903558f002b2ca51711cc3d512befdb50e75582a435c9a206825.07%
  • ae0d1e438779a44c286610efb0189ba970cec64343c7622f05b289eae3edcf8f4.35%
  • 11f4167662632376c4e86c15190f4ccc4d5f3cba20b02efb1d03fe71336b56ed1.45%
  • ae6ebedd596b0978538239fbaf1d606f2ecf508590111501e5bf24795dc8120b1.45%

Process Ancestry

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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.