SOUNDMAN.EXE is part of Realtek Sound Manager and developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp. according to the SOUNDMAN.EXE version information.
SOUNDMAN.EXE's description is "Realtek Sound Manager"
SOUNDMAN.EXE is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher.
SOUNDMAN.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected SOUNDMAN.EXE.
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The following is the available information on SOUNDMAN.EXE:
Property | Value |
---|---|
Product name | Realtek Sound Manager |
Company name | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. |
File description | Realtek Sound Manager |
Internal name | ALSMTray |
Original filename | ALSMTray.exe |
Comments | Realtek AC97 Audio Sound Manager |
Legal copyright | Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. |
Product version | 5, 1, 0, 48 |
File version | 5, 1, 0, 48 |
Special build | 051111 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
Product name | Realtek Sound Manager |
Company name | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. |
File description | Realtek Sound Manager |
Internal name | ALSMTray |
Original filename | ALSMTray.exe |
Comments | Realtek AC97 Audio Sound Manager |
Legal copyright | Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Realtek Semi.. |
Product version | 5, 1, 0, 48 |
File version | 5, 1, 0, 48 |
Special build | 051111 |
SOUNDMAN.EXE has a valid digital signature.
Property | Value |
---|---|
Signer name | Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher |
Certificate issuer name | Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility PCA |
Certificate serial number | 61060e0c000000000008 |
1 of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SOUNDMAN.EXE file. That's a 2% detection rate.
SOUNDMAN.EXE (201 votes)
Property | Value |
---|---|
MD5 | 83d296ca26679922491cea36599fc02e |
SHA256 | c0309d9faa4024c8a0459355d8987331734019ff13470e4a301caef475ea374a |
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to soundman.exe:
soundman.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
soundman.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
Realtek Sound Manager has stopped working.
End Program - soundman.exe. This program is not responding.
soundman.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
soundman.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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