Shreekanta from Bangalore writes: I have a WindowsXP OS. The Windows Task Manager shows 5 to 6 svchost.exe would be running.Why is it so ? And could I safely cancel any of them ? Answer: Many people when they open task manager see the same thing you saw...
Executable File
The executable is basically the part of the program that "runs" when you click it (or its shortcut). In fact, the executable basically is the program, minus any support files.