What is OSE.EXE?

OSE.EXE is part of Office Source Engine and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the OSE.EXE version information.

OSE.EXE's description is "Office Source Engine"

OSE.EXE is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

OSE.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about OSE.EXE.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on OSE.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameOffice Source Engine
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionOffice Source Engine
Internal nameose
Original filenameose.exe
Legal copyright© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version12.0.4518.1014
File version12.0.4518.1014

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

Product nameOffice Source Engine
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionOffice Source Engine
Internal nameose
Original filenameose.exe
Legal copyright© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All ..
Product version12.0.4518.1014
File version12.0.4518.1014

Digital signatures [?]

OSE.EXE has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA
Certificate serial number61469ecb000400000065

VirusTotal report

None of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the OSE.EXE file.

None of the 50 anti-virus programs detected the OSE.EXE file.

Filename variants

OSE.EXE may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

OSE.EXE may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named OSE.EXE

OSE.EXE (24 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55a432a042dae460abe7199b758e8606c
SHA2566e5d1f477d290905be27cebf9572bac6b05ffef2fad901d3c8e11f665f8b9a71

Error Messages

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

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

ose.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.

Office Source Engine has stopped working.

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

ose.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

ose.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 OSE.EXE. 60% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 5 users.

User vote results: There were 3 votes to remove and 2 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with OSE.EXE. Only 5 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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