wavepad.exe
by NCH Software
Media
Summary
WavePad audio editor
wavepad.exe is the 2616th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 149 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\NCH Software\WavePad and it is most often launched by explorer.exe.
2616th
most commonly executed Windows program
149
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\NCH Software\WavePad98.66%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\NCHSoftware.WavePadAudioEditorFree_9.0.4.0_x86__7kedsbyvzns340.67%
- C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\NCHSoftware.WavePadAudioEditorFree_9.1.9.0_x86__7kedsbyvzns340.67%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 7adb16f11a32dc6f4ffb573afff1c1120b22a0208886894229fa41c12dfee68730.41%
- 2f8341106dfe300792cf7bd3adc77de16c8f1058f413f48fa8356707346e55d526.35%
- bbfe27ffc54dc05e903398f7e6b5784a899b204d3b87e2141dbf1c6ecf5870e926.35%
- f0127151bd6eb91733342057eaa815d33f43e36b76cdfdf96dfa0a77d1273b288.11%
- c46a69266afffd0e9283de9410d21032a7e16ec48b3b4ebc660a554e6774f3d24.73%
- 2d763cc87f08259eac5743877cb73fa79edfaed4730d2b90c70e0ed094e7e8282.7%
- 2c52d2a55214effc76649c5d4d02fa6bb82b43eca87d6b9b69e37081602e53870.68%
- 3a96ad30deed5c5173f9e625bdf8d811a29ba8f0dff28c8f1238ca56799aec880.68%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- userinit.exe82.31%
- svchost.exe4.08%
- services.exe2.04%
- winlogon.exe2.04%
- explorer.exe0.68%
Top Parents
- explorer.exe83.89%
- OpenWith.exe3.36%
- svchost.exe2.01%
- dllhost.exe1.34%
- OUTLOOK.EXE0.67%
Top Children
- chrome.exe27.27%
- iexplore.exe2.27%
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.