What is HxTsr.exe?

HxTsr.exe is part of Microsoft Office 2016 and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the HxTsr.exe version information.

HxTsr.exe's description is "Microsoft Outlook Communications"

HxTsr.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

HxTsr.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.6118.42001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\' folder.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on HxTsr.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft Office 2016
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft Outlook Communications
Internal nameHxTsr
Original filenameHxTsr.exe
Product version16.0.6118.4200
File version16.0.6118.4200

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMicrosoft Office 2016
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft Outlook Communications
Internal nameHxTsr
Original filenameHxTsr.exe
Product version16.0.6118.4200
File version16.0.6118.4200

Digital signatures [?]

HxTsr.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA
Certificate serial number330000010a2c79aed7797ba6ac00010000010a

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f5a1c2f94807127efc52981cb014e55a
SHA256bb522981a48260dcda62aefa5bda048454b0086974d7794703d33499038f15a6

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to hxtsr.exe:

hxtsr.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

hxtsr.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Microsoft Outlook Communications has stopped working.

End Program - hxtsr.exe. This program is not responding.

hxtsr.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

hxtsr.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with HxTsr.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with HxTsr.exe. 86% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 318 users.

User vote results: There were 273 votes to remove and 45 votes to keep

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Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Jerry L Emery writes

5 thumbs

A new version of this file is now showing up in Norton as not having a valid digital signature. Looks like someone at MS dropped the ball...again.

# 12 Nov 2016, 20:57

Justin writes

0 thumbs

I have the same error in Norton as well...pain in a$$ because it affects internet connection

# 15 Nov 2016, 15:51

Roger Karlsson writes

0 thumbs

@Jerry and @Justin:

Did you find a solution to the invalid signature on HxTsr.exe?

When information about the HxTsr.exe file was uploaded here, it had a valid signature. So it does not seem to affect all users.

# 14 Dec 2016, 5:10

Ralph King writes

0 thumbs

When I try to reply to E mail it pop up saying hxtsr.exe has crashed what should I do?

# 7 Aug 2017, 8:16

Ralph King writes

0 thumbs

When I try to get mail it says hxtsrexe has crashed

# 7 Aug 2017, 8:41

Roger Karlsson writes

0 thumbs

@Ralph King: It sounds like there's a software bug in Outlook that makes it crash. Please check if there's an update of Outlook from Microsoft. If you are lucky, the problem your are experiencing is already fixed.

# 7 Aug 2017, 21:07

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