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
DLL
bb6d26959d0e4d609f8f62bd4dcecc32
DLL
fb112c3851834aa7a84a1675e797ca41
DLL
6cd899271fd5d133facd32e434907500
EXE
9f5962e6a2e0f45c19c2ab05d5606e5e
DLL
76120b597c2e1fe8f2a485e9c40a7f81
DLL
8b7b4dfda74d5a0f048a38741c154066
DLL
86beb5a0bc5a87ac7efd8598a0e7f2ba
DLL
232196c3f902ebe9a71175ddef60168a
DLL
07a535b7cd74c61c6d00d4c85869679d
DLL
922d7d3873216428eff518f27e8792a5