What is the 'conhost.exe' process that shows up in Task Manager?
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The process started showing up on Windows 7, and searching Google doesn't reveal an explanation of what this process is and why it shows up. What is the process?
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conhost.exe
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is the new host process for console windows. Previously those were handled by which is the “Client Server Runtime Process”, a process running with system-level privileges. Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft made some very substantial improvement…
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