WindowsPackageManagerServer.exe

by Microsoft
Operating System

Summary

Windows Package Manager (winget) Server - backend service for the winget package manager.

WindowsPackageManagerServer.exe is the 1251st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,152 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.21.3482.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.

1251st
most commonly executed Windows program
1,152
observed executions
low
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.21.3482.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe11.63%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.23.1911.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe10.76%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.21.2771.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe9.46%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.24.25200.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe8.77%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.22.10861.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe8.59%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.19.10173.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe6.77%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.21.3133.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe5.73%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.25.390.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe5.47%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.22.11261.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe4.17%
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.22.10582.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe3.91%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • ce093e09fc71bec1d234ef1b946f787f72281bb9cc943d747345a9139b85639c11.63%
  • 949155cdb03fe2e536b8e9d7d6f90f3bc45bbb68aa8ca5d32c60505ef7923d7910.76%
  • 5dd8ef594d439cc1158e8eef3dec6203b377f534c013f8dfaa5cce6b0192befc9.46%
  • a2751b8dbb26c1a5fdf9a7aeab94b16f0ccb8b202e9b050a952399c8d975ff6c8.77%
  • 4b3ad7c1d639406b57e9c2cf61ed3ee9a06239f174411b89f4682b50f52077918.59%
  • 812e5f7a0569cd8c25ce05903b67d4b1c3125854bb3cbc94c391b8f430d74fa46.77%
  • a315f7ac33612fcbd4759edb2f14b644a71931a8362a2374100166321982e5d55.73%
  • 5532b0c9317ed597327a38eb27cab15739977d4056920020852fcc079430bfc05.47%
  • 4367517703a736e3782a6acca7b880cc58b603b95a78be150b0e3b87d33a23fb4.17%
  • 4c41c8c0ea5aec938620eddb87497bbbe89b3f55674670f472438989b744754b3.91%

Process Ancestry

Top Parents

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.