Portal: First Slice

Portal: First Slice

by Valve Corporation

What is Portal: First Slice?

Portal: First Slice is software application developed by Valve Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.42% of installations running this operating system. Portal: First Slice's installer is typically 153.00 MB in size and installs around 61 files.

Portal: First Slice is most popular in the United States with 60.09% of installations residing in this country.

Portal: First Slice adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Portal: First Slice is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Portal: First Slice?

Portal: First Slice is a collection of 11 test chambers, specifically test chambers 00-10, initially available on Steam for users with an Nvidia graphics chipset. The demo was included as part of the Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Peggle Extreme, and Half-Life 2: Lost Coast package. Following its initial release, the demo became accessible to all Steam users before it was ultimately removed from the platform as part of the "Portal is Free" marketing campaign.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • hl2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Portal\hl2.exe'.
  • steamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CC29CBDA-1EA3-44CC-882F-AFADB7D351AB}' (runs on registration).
  • SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam Login.
Registry entries:
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)' and executes as C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe.
  • steamTmp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.half-life2.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\pusapu\portal
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/410
Size:
153.00 MB
Language:
English

Portal: First Slice Executable Details

Primary executable:
hl2.exe
Name:
Portal: First Slice
Path:
C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\pusapu\portal\hl2.exe
MD5:
f718e721bf784a4f39bb344c4425f70a
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Portal: First Slice
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
46af5c3cb76ed0c5c03e4ab338059668