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Below lists the core Windows 2008 system files. The list “Core System Files” was derived from the “System Files” list (found here<\/a>). The “System Files” list was obtained using the “file name” XML tags within %WinDir%\\WinSxS\\Backup\\*.manifest<\/strong>. The %WinDir%\\WinSxS\\Backup<\/strong> is a cache storage for backing up critical system files that are needed to start Windows, as implemented by the WRP (Windows Resource Protection) system.<\/p>\n

Core System Files<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
FILE<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nPATH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nDESCRIPTION<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
advapi32.dll<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nPart of the advanced API library.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
command.com<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nDOS Interpreter language.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
config.sys<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\<\/td>\nBoot-up System environment configuration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
csrss.exe<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nThe main executable for the Microsoft Client\/Server Run-time Server Subsystem.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
himem.sys<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nUsed for addressing memory in the high memory area.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hosts<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\drivers<\/td>\nHosts file used for name to IP mappings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
lsass.exe<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32<\/td>\nUsed to enforce the systems security policy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ntoskrnl.exe<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nKernel Image for the NT family of operating systems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
samlib.dll<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nUsed for a subset of the windows login and security process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
samsrv.dll<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nUsed for a subset of the windows login process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
services<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nUsed for Standard Windows Services.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
services.exe<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nUsed for Standard Windows Services.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
shell.dll<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\<\/td>\nUsed as part of the Windows shell and is responsible for such things as the start menu and the taskbar.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
shell32.dll<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nUsed as part of the Windows shell, containing components such as dialog boxes, icons, menus etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
smss.exe<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nThis is the session manager subsystem, which is responsible for starting the user session.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
system.ini<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%<\/td>\nUsed in the early versions of Windows to load device drivers and the Program Manager\/Windows Explorer. Kept for backwards compatibility.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wininit.exe<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nUsed to start the main background services such as scm, lsass and lsm.exe.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
winlogon.exe<\/td>\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\<\/td>\nResponsible for logon and logoff operations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note <\/strong><\/em>: Windows 2008 R2 has a slightly varied list of system files:<\/p>\n

%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\advapi32.dll\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\csrss.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\lsass.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\ntoskrnl.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\samlib.dll\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\samsrv.dll\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\services.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\shell32.dll\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\smss.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system.ini\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\wininit.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\winlogon.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\mstsc.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\system32\\cmd.exe\r\n%SYSTEMROOT%\\services.msc\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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