Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6

by Microsoft Corporation

What is Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6?

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 is software application developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 67.24% of installations running this operating system. Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6's installer is typically 26.00 MB in size and installs around 83 files. The most common release is 5.6.7324.0 with 95.46% of all installations currently using this version.

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 is most popular in the United States with 45.64% of installations residing in this country.

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • actdcsvc.exe runs as a service named 'Act Log Processing Service' (ACTLogProcessor) "This service processes your application compatibility data log files from your client computers, entering the data into your ACT database. If you stop this service, your log files will accumulate in the local share until the service restarts and processing resumes.".
Scheduled tasks:
  • Compatadmin.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EA70F78C-0A12-402F-B5E1-19988FD34D92}' (runs on registration).
  • ACM.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DF4EED49-0748-4D2F-92ED-C05ADE07D99A}' (runs on registration).
  • SUA.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A18C083C-2643-41F6-9AEB-E87188D78EE3}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7352
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{0F5AEBB0-43F3-4571-ACE7-A7942E8AA179}
Size:
26.00 MB
Language:
English

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 Executable Details

Primary executable:
ACM.exe
Name:
Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6
Path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit\ACM.exe
MD5:
76ed26e5e098644a70735728cc7a4a8d
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
5367301a31139062d42285c072898045
DLL
e9953362eaa1dc296d2f9d46a96c8f38
EXE
76ed26e5e098644a70735728cc7a4a8d