Startup program entry details:

TPKMAPHELPER (TpKmapAp.exe)

This page expands upon the information already available for this entry in the Pacman's Portal Windows start-up programs database.

Not required or not recommended - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if necessary

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Description:

Part of the Keyboard Customizer Utility for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks. This is the main user interface for the utility but it doesn't normally seem to be running if enabled at startup. Also, it doesn't appear to need to be running for custom key combinations to work (via TpKmapMn.exe)

Startup information:

Registry (Start → Run → regedit)

• Key(s): HKLM\Run
• Name: TPKMAPHELPER
• Data: C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapAp.exe -helper

MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)

• Startup Item (XP): TpKmapAp
• Startup Item (Vista/7): N/A
• Command: C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapAp.exe -helper

Windows Defender (Start → All Programs → Windows Defender → Tools → Software Explorer)

• Name: Keyboard Customizer
• Startup Value: C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapAp.exe -helper

HijackThis (HJT) log examples:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TPKMAPHELPER] C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapAp.exe -helper
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TPKMAPHELPER] C:\Programme\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapAp.exe -helper
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TPKMAPHELPER] C:\Programfiler\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapAp.exe -helper
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TPKMAPHELPER] C:\Archivos de programa\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapAp.exe -helper

Other information:

• File location: %ProgramFiles%\ThinkPad\Utilities
• File properties "Description": Keyboard Customizer
• Purpose: Keyboard utility
• Program disable option: None
• Shortcut(s) available: Start Menu
• Vendor/Publisher: IBM Corp. & Lenovo
• Product(s): Keyboard Customizer Utility
• Tested: Yes

Note:

• %ProgramFiles% - refers to the Program Files folder; typically the path is C:\Program Files
• HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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