U3Launcher

U3Launcher

by U3

What is U3Launcher?

U3Launcher is software application developed by U3. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 57.44% of installations running this operating system. U3Launcher's installer is typically 701.00 KB in size and installs around 47 files.

U3Launcher is most popular in the United States with 65.39% of installations residing in this country.

U3Launcher adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, U3Launcher is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About U3Launcher?

The U3 Launchpad (LaunchU3.exe) is a Windows program manager that was developed as part of the U3 smart drive technology, a collaboration between SanDisk and M-Systems. It was designed to automatically start upon insertion of a U3 enabled device, which included specific USB flash drives adhering to the U3 specification, commonly referred to as "U3 smart drives". The U3 Launchpad functioned similarly to the Windows OS start menu and provided control over program installation, as well as the ability to store customizations and settings on the flash drive. Applications created in compliance with U3 specifications were permitted to write files or registry information to the host computer, with the requirement to remove this information upon ejecting the flash drive.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • matsvc.exe runs as a service named 'MatSvc' (MatSvc).
  • roxmediadb9.exe runs as a service named 'RoxMediaDB9' (RoxMediaDB9) "Roxio RoxMediaDB9 Service".
Firewall:
  • fixitcenter.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programmer\Microsoft Fix it Center\FixitCenter.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • fixitcenter.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DA3298D5-1A4B-4FA1-87F1-2E4474F4D5D0}' (runs on registration).
  • issch.exe is scheduled as a task named 'InstallShield software-updateservice' (runs weekly on Mondays at 10:00).
  • matsapi.dll is scheduled as a task named 'ReportUpload'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • matsapi.dll is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named DataUpload.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.u3.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Windows\Installer\{D8E363A7-88B7-446D-B2C0-E26CE4DC8E54}
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /I{D8E363A7-88B7-446D-B2C0-E26CE4DC8E54}
Size:
701.00 KB
Language:
English

U3Launcher Executable Details

Primary executable:
_294823.exe
Name:
U3Launcher
Path:
C:\Windows\Installer\{D8E363A7-88B7-446D-B2C0-E26CE4DC8E54}\_294823.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by U3Launcher
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
9abf687071c649609bf7e177062a9008
EXE
d2aeadfd998706b4216315b2bd3fa79e
EXE
b02b86b49d939bbdfb8a31f7495251c0
EXE
b738c9eb50a94d22a0259b340a97b8a4
DLL
084f5de83aa862c2b9bea9ea353dbef7
DLL
38a06338e10bc8c636fc20e8adfe6bca
DLL
f4a7ce318cbf65760a3be2a6255f3d61
DLL
f36df32138046db6a7d164c113e73253
DLL
0c2aeff93a19a6eb25e64381c3a38391
DLL
b6c8c17619974b51141b8680cd4e0fab