Windows 8 DLL File Information - pcasvc.dll

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General Information

File Description:	Program Compatibility Assistant Service
File Version:	6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Company:	Microsoft Corporation
Product Name:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
DLL popularity	Very Low - There is no any other DLL in system32 directory that is statically linked to this file.
File Size:	326 KB
Total Number of Exported Functions:	2
Total Number of Exported Functions With Names:	2

Section Headers

Name	Virtual Address	Raw Data Size	% of File	Characteristics	Section Contains...
.text	0x00001000	295,424 Bytes	88.5%	Read, Execute	Code
.data	0x0004a000	8,192 Bytes	2.5%	Write, Read	Initialized Data
.idata	0x0004d000	11,776 Bytes	3.5%	Read	Initialized Data
.rsrc	0x00050000	1,536 Bytes	0.5%	Read	Initialized Data
.reloc	0x00051000	15,872 Bytes	4.8%	Read, Discardable	Initialized Data

Static Linking

pcasvc.dll is statically linked to the following files:

msvcrt.dll
ntdll.dll
RPCRT4.dll
api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-io-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-job-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-com-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-security-base-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-psapi-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-registry-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-security-sddl-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-threadpool-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-devices-config-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-service-core-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-threadpool-legacy-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-legacy-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-registry-l2-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-kernel32-legacy-l1-1-0.dll
AEPIC.dll
apphelp.dll
KERNEL32.dll
api-ms-win-core-version-l1-1-0.dll
USERENV.dll
api-ms-win-security-provider-l1-1-0.dll
sfc_os.dll

This means that when pcasvc.dll is loaded, the above files are automatically loaded too. If one of these files is corrupted or missing, pcasvc.dll won't be loaded.

General Resources Information

Resource Type	Number of Items	Total Size	% of File
Icons	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Animated Icons	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Cursors	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Animated Cursors	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Bitmaps	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
AVI Files	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Dialog-Boxes	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
HTML Related Files	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Menus	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Strings	35	4,984 Bytes	1.5%
Type Libraries	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
Manifest	0	0 Bytes	0.0%
All Others	2	1,100 Bytes	0.3%
Total	37	6,084 Bytes	1.8%

Icons in this file

No icons found in this file

Cursors in this file

No cursors found in this file

Dialog-boxes list (up to 200 dialogs)

No dialog resources in this file.

String resources in this dll (up to 200 strings)

String ID	String Text
1	Program Compatibility Assistant Service
2	This service provides support for the Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA). PCA monitors programs installed and run by the user and detects known compatibility problems. If this service is stopped, PCA will not function properly.
3	PcaSvc_In_Block
4	PcaSvc_Out_Block
5	Network rules for inbound traffic to Program Compatibility Assistant service
6	Network rules for outbound traffic to Program Compatibility Assistant service
800	Did this program work correctly?
801	This program has been run with compatibility settings.
802	This program requires confirmation.
1101	This program experienced some compatibility problems
1102	Windows detected some problems while running the application. You can apply a compatibility fix to the application to try and fix the problem.
1200	This driver cannot be used due to compatibility issues
1201	You can get help on the Microsoft website. If a solution exists, follow the instructions to try to fix the problem.
1202	&Get help online
1501	A digitally signed driver is required
1502	Windows blocked the installation of a digitally unsigned driver. Uninstall the program or device that uses the driver and check the publisher's website for a digitally signed version of the driver.
1600	Compatibility settings have been applied
1601	To fix a compatibility problem, compatibility settings were applied to the program. These settings will be used the next time you run the program.
1602	&Run program
1701	This program might not have uninstalled correctly
1702	If this program didn't uninstall correctly, you can try uninstalling the program using compatibility settings.
1703	&Uninstall using compatibility settings
1704	This &program uninstalled correctly
1800	This program might not have run correctly
1801	If this program didn't run correctly, you can try running the program using compatibility settings.
1802	&Run the program using compatibility settings
1803	This &program ran correctly
1804	&Get help online
1805	You can get help on the Microsoft website. If a solution exists, follow the instructions to try to fix the problem.
1900	This program might not have installed correctly
1901	If this program didn't install correctly, you can try installing the program using compatibility settings.
1902	&Install using compatibility settings
1903	This &program installed correctly
2000	Did this program work correctly?
2001	If this program didn't run correctly, you can try you can try running the program using compatibility settings.

COM Classes/Interfaces

There is no type library in this file with COM classes/interfaces information

Exported Functions List

The following functions are exported by this dll:

ServiceMain

SvchostPushServiceGlobals

Imported Functions List

The following functions are imported by this dll:

• msvcrt.dll:
  

  _CxxThrowException	_XcptFilter
  __CxxFrameHandler	__dllonexit
  _amsg_exit	_except_handler4_common
  _initterm	_itow_s
  _lock	_onexit
  _unlock	_vsnprintf
  _vsnwprintf	_vsnwprintf_s
  _wcsicmp	_wcslwr
  _wcslwr_s	_wcsnicmp
  _wsplitpath_s	_wtoi
  calloc	free
  iswdigit	malloc
  memcmp	memcpy
  memcpy_s	memmove
  memmove_s	memset
  public: virtual __thiscall type_info::~type_info(void)	qsort
  sprintf_s	sscanf_s
  strcpy_s	swprintf_s
  swscanf_s	towlower
  void * __cdecl operator new(unsigned int)	void * __cdecl operator new[](unsigned int)
  void __cdecl operator delete(void *)	void __cdecl operator delete[](void *)
  wcscat_s	wcschr
  wcscpy_s	wcsncmp
  wcsncpy_s	wcsrchr
  wcsstr	wcstol
  wcstoul

• ntdll.dll:
  

  EtwEventWriteNoRegistration	EtwTraceMessage	NtApphelpCacheControl
  NtClose	NtCreateSection	NtOpenFile
  NtOpenProcessToken	NtOpenThreadToken	NtQueryInformationFile
  NtQueryInformationToken	NtQuerySection	NtQuerySystemInformation
  NtQuerySystemTime	RtlAcquireSRWLockExclusive	RtlAdjustPrivilege
  RtlAllocateAndInitializeSid	RtlAllocateHeap	RtlCheckTokenMembership
  RtlCompareMemory	RtlComputeCrc32	RtlDeleteCriticalSection
  RtlDoesFileExists_U	RtlDosPathNameToNtPathName_U	RtlEnterCriticalSection
  RtlFreeAnsiString	RtlFreeHeap	RtlFreeSid
  RtlGetVersion	RtlImageDirectoryEntryToData	RtlImageNtHeaderEx
  RtlImageRvaToVa	RtlInitializeConditionVariable	RtlInitializeCriticalSection
  RtlIsCriticalSectionLockedByThread	RtlLeaveCriticalSection	RtlNtStatusToDosError
  RtlNtStatusToDosErrorNoTeb	RtlReAllocateHeap	RtlReleaseSRWLockExclusive
  RtlSizeHeap	RtlTryEnterCriticalSection	RtlValidSid
  RtlValidateHeap	WinSqmAddToStream	WinSqmAddToStreamEx
  WinSqmEndSession	WinSqmStartSession

• RPCRT4.dll:
  

  I_RpcBindingInqLocalClientPID	NdrServerCall2	RpcBindingVectorFree	RpcEpRegisterW
  RpcEpUnregister	RpcServerInqBindings	RpcServerRegisterIfEx	RpcServerUnregisterIf
  RpcServerUseProtseqW

• api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  KernelBase!OpenProcessToken	kernel32!CreateThread	kernel32!GetCurrentProcess
  kernel32!GetCurrentProcessId	kernel32!GetCurrentThreadId	kernel32!GetExitCodeProcess
  kernel32!GetProcessId	kernel32!IsProcessorFeaturePresent	kernel32!OpenProcess
  kernel32!ProcessIdToSessionId	kernel32!TerminateProcess

• api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CreateEventW	KernelBase!ResetEvent	KernelBase!SetEvent
  KernelBase!Sleep	KernelBase!WaitForSingleObject	ntdll!RtlDeleteCriticalSection
  ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection	ntdll!RtlInitializeCriticalSection	ntdll!RtlLeaveCriticalSection
  ntdll!RtlTryEnterCriticalSection

• api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  KernelBase!GetLastError

  KernelBase!SetUnhandledExceptionFilter

  KernelBase!UnhandledExceptionFilter

• api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CloseHandle

  KernelBase!DuplicateHandle

• api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!GetSystemInfo	KernelBase!GetSystemTime	KernelBase!GetSystemTimeAsFileTime
  KernelBase!GetSystemWindowsDirectoryW	KernelBase!GetTickCount	KernelBase!GetTickCount64

• api-ms-win-core-io-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  kernel32!CreateIoCompletionPort

  kernel32!GetQueuedCompletionStatus

  kernel32!PostQueuedCompletionStatus

• api-ms-win-core-job-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!IsProcessInJob

• api-ms-win-core-com-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  combase!CoCreateGuid

  combase!CoInitializeEx

  combase!CoUninitialize

  combase!StringFromGUID2

• api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CreateFileMappingW

  KernelBase!MapViewOfFile

  KernelBase!UnmapViewOfFile

  KernelBase!WriteProcessMemory

• api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CreateDirectoryW	KernelBase!CreateFileW
  KernelBase!DeleteFileW	KernelBase!GetDriveTypeW
  KernelBase!GetFileAttributesW	KernelBase!GetFileInformationByHandle
  KernelBase!GetFileSize	KernelBase!GetFileSizeEx
  KernelBase!GetLogicalDriveStringsW	KernelBase!GetLongPathNameW
  KernelBase!GetTempFileNameW	KernelBase!GetTempPathW
  KernelBase!GetVolumeInformationW	KernelBase!GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPointW
  KernelBase!QueryDosDeviceW	KernelBase!ReadFile

• api-ms-win-security-base-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!AddAccessAllowedAce	KernelBase!AllocateAndInitializeSid	KernelBase!FreeSid
  KernelBase!GetLengthSid	KernelBase!GetTokenInformation	KernelBase!ImpersonateLoggedOnUser
  KernelBase!InitializeAcl	KernelBase!InitializeSecurityDescriptor	KernelBase!RevertToSelf
  KernelBase!SetSecurityDescriptorDacl	KernelBase!SetSecurityDescriptorGroup	KernelBase!SetSecurityDescriptorOwner

• api-ms-win-core-psapi-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!QueryFullProcessImageNameW

• api-ms-win-core-registry-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!RegCloseKey	KernelBase!RegCreateKeyExW	KernelBase!RegDeleteKeyExW
  KernelBase!RegDeleteValueW	KernelBase!RegEnumKeyExW	KernelBase!RegGetValueW
  KernelBase!RegLoadAppKeyW	KernelBase!RegNotifyChangeKeyValue	KernelBase!RegOpenKeyExW
  KernelBase!RegQueryValueExW	KernelBase!RegSetValueExW

• api-ms-win-security-sddl-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  sechost!ConvertSidToStringSidW

• api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!PathCchRemoveFileSpec

  KernelBase!PathIsUNCEx

• api-ms-win-core-threadpool-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CreateThreadpool	KernelBase!CreateThreadpoolTimer	KernelBase!CreateThreadpoolWait
  KernelBase!CreateThreadpoolWork	KernelBase!SetThreadpoolThreadMinimum	ntdll!TpPostWork
  ntdll!TpReleasePool	ntdll!TpReleaseTimer	ntdll!TpReleaseWait
  ntdll!TpReleaseWork	ntdll!TpSetPoolMaxThreads	ntdll!TpSetTimer
  ntdll!TpSetWait	ntdll!TpWaitForTimer	ntdll!TpWaitForWait
  ntdll!TpWaitForWork

• api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  KernelBase!GetModuleHandleW

  KernelBase!LoadStringW

• api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!CompareStringOrdinal

• api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!InterlockedCompareExchange	KernelBase!InterlockedDecrement	KernelBase!InterlockedExchange
  KernelBase!InterlockedIncrement

• api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-2-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!ExpandEnvironmentStringsW

• api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  ntdll!EtwEventRegister

  ntdll!EtwEventUnregister

  ntdll!EtwEventWrite

• api-ms-win-devices-config-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  cfgmgr32!CM_Get_Device_IDW

  cfgmgr32!CM_Get_Parent

• api-ms-win-service-core-l1-1-1.dll:
  

  sechost!RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW

  sechost!SetServiceStatus

• api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  ntdll!RtlQueryPerformanceCounter

• api-ms-win-core-threadpool-legacy-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!ChangeTimerQueueTimer	KernelBase!CreateTimerQueueTimer	KernelBase!DeleteTimerQueueTimer
  KernelBase!QueueUserWorkItem

• api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-legacy-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!PathFileExistsW	KernelBase!PathFindExtensionW	KernelBase!PathGetDriveNumberW
  KernelBase!PathSkipRootW

• api-ms-win-core-registry-l2-1-0.dll:
  

  advapi32!RegDeleteKeyValueW

  advapi32!RegDeleteKeyW

  advapi32!RegSetKeyValueW

• api-ms-win-core-kernel32-legacy-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  kernel32!CopyFileW	kernel32!UnregisterWait	kernel32!WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId
  kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects

• AEPIC.dll:
  

  PicAmiClose

  PicAmiInitialize

  PicFreeFileInfo

  PicRetrieveFileInfo

• apphelp.dll:
  

  ApphelpDebugPrintf	SdbAddLayerTagRefToQuery	SdbFindFirstStringIndexedTag	SdbFindFirstTagRef
  SdbFreeFileAttributes	SdbGetAppPatchDir	SdbGetDatabaseMatch	SdbGetEntryFlags
  SdbGetFileAttributes	SdbGetLayerName	SdbGetMatchingExe	SdbGetPDBFromGUID
  SdbGetPermLayerKeys	SdbInitDatabase	SdbInitDatabaseEx	SdbQueryData
  SdbQueryFlagMask	SdbReadBinaryTag	SdbReadEntryInformation	SdbReleaseDatabase
  SdbTagIDToTagRef	SdbTagRefToTagID	SetPermLayerState

• KERNEL32.dll:
  

  AssignProcessToJobObject	CheckElevationEnabled	CreateActCtxW
  CreateJobObjectW	CreateMutexW	CreateProcessW
  DelayLoadFailureHook	FileTimeToSystemTime	FindClose
  FindFirstFileW	FindNextFileW	FreeLibrary
  GetBinaryTypeW	GetCurrentThread	GetDiskFreeSpaceExW
  GetFileAttributesExW	GetFileTime	GetLocalTime
  GetProcAddress	GetProcessHeap	GetShortPathNameW
  GetSystemDirectoryW	GetThreadTimes	GetVersionExW
  GetVolumePathNameW	HeapFree	LoadLibraryExW
  LocalAlloc	LocalFree	OpenEventW
  QueryActCtxW	QueryInformationJobObject	RegDeleteTreeW
  RegEnumValueW	RegLoadKeyW	RegQueryInfoKeyW
  RegSetKeySecurity	RegUnLoadKeyW	ReleaseActCtx
  ReleaseMutex	SetErrorMode	SetInformationJobObject
  SetLastError	SystemTimeToFileTime	VirtualQuery
  WriteFile	lstrcmpW	lstrcmpiW
  ntdll!LdrResolveDelayLoadedAPI	ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap

• api-ms-win-core-version-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  KernelBase!GetFileVersionInfoExW

  KernelBase!GetFileVersionInfoSizeExW

  KernelBase!VerQueryValueW

• USERENV.dll:
  

  ExpandEnvironmentStringsForUserW

• api-ms-win-security-provider-l1-1-0.dll:
  

  advapi32!SetEntriesInAclW

• sfc_os.dll:
  

  SfcIsFileProtected