What is Garage.Container.exe?

Garage.Container.exe is part of Garage.Container and developed by HP Inc according to the Garage.Container.exe version information.

Garage.Container.exe's description is "HP Welcome"

Garage.Container.exe is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company.

Garage.Container.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Welcome\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about Garage.Container.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Garage.Container.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameGarage.Container
Company nameHP Inc
File descriptionHP Welcome
Internal nameGarage.Container.exe
Original filenameGarage.Container.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2015
Product version1.0.326.624
File version1.0.326.624

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

Product nameGarage.Container
Company nameHP Inc
File descriptionHP Welcome
Internal nameGarage.Container.exe
Original filenameGarage.Container.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2015
Product version1.0.326.624
File version1.0.326.624

Digital signatures [?]

Garage.Container.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameHewlett-Packard Company
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number2d45e8116fea10cd3b49f271a085241f

VirusTotal report

None of the 59 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Garage.Container.exe file.

None of the 59 anti-virus programs detected the Garage.Container.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58e8b0954bd40396f0073905537deb12a
SHA256121431e40ca578232fe4d74b7e714bd2a1054ed70234f29ff38a9278fa567224

Error Messages

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

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

garage.container.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.

HP Welcome has stopped working.

End Program - garage.container.exe. This program is not responding.

garage.container.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 86% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 64 users.

User vote results: There were 55 votes to remove and 9 votes to keep

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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.

Penny writes

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(If this is a duplicate ignore it-any time I'm online I get hacked)
If the Garage Container is in the place listed above, it is probably harmless. Mine however, was in app data and an open door for hacker's virus's and malware. Once you're are welcomed, it would be wise to delete.

# 18 Jul 2017, 9:13

Roger Karlsson writes

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Thank you Penny!

# 1 Aug 2017, 6:54

Jenny writes

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I just had my Virus Program run tru my PC no harm was found but little window came up with this Error" garage.container.exe" Error 0xe0434352 , so I checked it out says HP but that app in the PC Also came a window up How to fix Applications error Want me download a program I don't know if I should I fell one time for something to download never again, please advice
jenny

# 19 Jun 2020, 8:39

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Jenny: garage.container.exe is part of HP Welcome. HP Welcome comes preinstalled on some HP machines.

From what I understand garage.container.exe crashed an reported an error code: 0xe0434352. It's not uncommon that software contains programming errors that makes it crash.

I see three solutions to the problem:

1) Uninstall HP Welcome. I don't think you'll need it.
2) Check with HP if they have an update that solves the problem.
3) If the crash is infrequent, just ignore it.

I don't think you should download some program to "fix" the 0xe0434352 error.

# 28 Jun 2020, 1:56

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