The genuine taskhostw.exe file is a software component of Windows service start manager by Microsoft.Taskhostw.exe is part of the Windows 10 operating system, and starts DLL-based Windows services when the computer boots up. Thus, Windows 10 uses the taskhostw.exe file as a host for processes that execute as part of a DLL file rather than through an EXE. Like an executable DLL, a DLL contains executable code and resources that can be shared. This host process for Windows tasks indicates the Windows version, since the file name under Windows 7 is taskhost.exe and under Windows 8 taskhostex.exe. To see all the DLL's that have been loaded by taskhostw.exe, open a cmd window and enter the command tasklist /M /FI "IMAGENAME eq taskhostw.exe".
TaskHostW stands for Task's Host for Windows
