Windows: List of Executables and their Paths of WXP Insights Agent

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These executables are crucial for the operation of WXP Insights agent and WXP Insights Analytics. They facilitate enrollment, enable seamless client-server communication, handle event transmission and command processing, and ensure efficient service monitoring and telemetry data collection.

This reference guide provides a comprehensive list of WXP Insights agent's executable names and their full file paths, enabling IT administrators to set up antivirus exclusions, rules, and other policy configurations with confidence. 

Paths of Executables

AppName

Full Path

Folder Whitelist

WXP Insights

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager\Agent\LHAgent.exe

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager\Tools\TAInstaller.exe

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager\Tools\hpReport.exe

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager\Agent\HPTouchpointManagerTray.exe

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager\Providers\Hewlett-Packard\CoreProvider\CoreProvider.exe

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager\Providers\Hewlett-Packard\Software Package Manager\SoftwarePackageManager.exe

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager\Tools\WatchDogService.exe

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager\Tools\ETD_GetSMART.exe

\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Touchpoint Manager

WXP Insights Analytics

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client Installer\TAInstaller.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\TouchpointAnalyticsClient.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\TouchpointAnalyticsClientService.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\Battery\BatteryTest.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\TouchpointGpuInfo.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\DiskSelfTest\ETD_SMARTCmd.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\_Shared\DiskCheck\ETD_GetSMART.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\DriverCrash\x64\cdb.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\DriverCrash\x64\dumpchk.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\DriverCrash\x86\dumpcheckexe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\PnPDevice\HPDockWMIProvider.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\ProcInfo\ProcInfo.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\Provider Data Sources\Sigcheck\sigcheck.exe

\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe

\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\

WXP Insights Updater

\ProgramData\HP\TAInstaller\TAInstaller.exe

Note: The CMSL executable is downloaded to this path \ProgramData\HP\TAInstaller\CMSL\  listed in the Folder Whitelist column. The executable file name includes the version number and may change with each release. For example: \ProgramDataHP\TAInstaller\CMSL\hp-cmsl-1.8.9.1618.exe

\ProgramData\HP\TAInstaller\

\ProgramData\HP\TAInstaller\CMSL\

WXP Insights Plugins

The following plugins are available in the given parent folders:

  • CampaignPlugin: The corresponding executable file is HPInsightsPopup.exe

  • RemediationCatalog: The corresponding executable files are NotificationsApp.exe and RebootToastApp.exe 

  • RemoteConnect: The corresponding executable files are AmtOps.exe, AnywareHost.exe, OobrControlUI.exe, ConsentPopup.exe, and AnywarePreflightcheckHost.exe

  • SaaSHostCatalog: The corresponding executable file is saashostapp.exe

  • SRLCatalog: The corresponding executable file is NotificationsApp.exe


Parent folders:

C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\ExternalLibraries

C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\ExternalLibrariesLoader

Note: The parent folder paths are fixed, but the complete plugin paths can vary. Each plugin has a separate folder under the parent path. Within each plugin folder, the version and GUIDs are subject to change.

C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\ExternalLibraries

C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Touchpoint Analytics Client\ExternalLibrariesLoader

HP Service Scan

\Program Files\HP\HP TechPulse SmartHealth\hptpsmarthealth.exe

\Program Files\HP\HP TechPulse SmartHealth\

Executables

Purpose

Execution lifecycle

Cloud Connected?

LHAgent.exe

Main agent service, for enrollment, establishing live connection with server

Always

Yes

TAInstaller.exe

Enables auto upgrades, download pluggable binaries and self-remediation of client software.
Secondary execution location for telemetry application (HP Insights Analytics).
Third execution location is temporary in order to self-upgrade TAInstaller.exe since  the other 2 locations are in Use.

Once a day for up to 5 mins

Yes

TouchpointAnalyticsClient.exe

Collects telemetry data

Once a day for up to 5 mins

Yes

TouchpointAnalyticsClientService.exe

Service supporting telemetry collection

Always

Yes

BatteryTest.exe

Collects battery diagnostics

Hourly Once or on AC/DC transition

Yes

hptpsmarthealth.exe

[Optional] Only required if deployment of HP Insights Package is not done via any centralized deployment tools like SCCM/Intune etc

Always

Yes

hpReport.exe

[Optional] Standalone EXE exists at the location. Collects logs remotely for HP engineers to diagnose the agent's issues via WXP portal or locally on device

Need Basis

Yes

HPTouchpointManagerTray.exe

Core agent tray application, extract Proxy information as well

Always

No

CoreProvider.exe

Collects storage, network, security related data in real-time

Always

No

SoftwarePackageManager.exe

Collects Agent upgrades and proxy telemetry

Always

No

WatchDogService.exe

Service watchdog for self-recovery of critical processes

Always

No

TouchpointGpuInfo.exe

Collects GPU information

Always

No

ETD_SMARTCmd.exe

Performs validation on S.M.A.R.T. self-test on the disk drive

Once a day

No

ETD_GetSMART.exe

Retrieves SMART Attributes for disk drives

Once a day

No

cdb.exe (Windows debugging tool)

Command-line tool used for crash dump analysis.

On Windows Crash

No

dumpchk.exe (Microsoft Crash Dump File Checker tool)

Used for crash dumps diagnostic information

On Windows Crash

No

HPDockWMIProvider.exe

Dock management provider

On Dock Connected

No

ProcInfo.exe

Monitors and retrieves process and User application details

Always

No

sigcheck.exe (sysinternals tool by Microsoft)

Command-line tool that verifies the digital signatures of files

Once a day

No

powershell.exe (Windows command-line shell and scripting tool)

Used for PowerShell script execution and remediation

Need basis

No

powercfg.exe (Windows tool for managing power settings)

Collects power management data

Once a day

No

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