wsappx task purpose and description:

wsappx is a file which runs as a service and most likely it arrived as preinstalled sofware on your computer. You may also see this file appear in your system processes to run in the background occasionally. The actual folder location is shown below so you can verify where its located on your hard drive, as this makes sure it is not spyware, adware, or virus related. Sometimes the spyware or virus writers simply place a similiar or same named file elsewhere on your computer hoping to fool you into thinking the rogue software is a good software module instead. This wsappx process is from Microsoft and its part of the Windows store. This normally only appears for a short time then shuts down, but it didn't hurt anything when I terminated this task. This file is considered a safe file, and it is not known to be related to any spyware, adware or virus related installations. If you go to the services section of your control panel, you will see it listed there as WIndows Store Service (WSService). Note that this executes as part of svchost.exe and runs as wsappx service as it then shows in your tasklist. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual process or task name: (You can view alphabetical task list here)
wsappx

File type:
This is a service file

Where is this file and folder located on my computer?
This file will be found running on your computer as C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k wsappx

General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, wsappx may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of wsappx on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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