# ApplicationFrameHost.exe

Windows Process: Microsoft Corporation

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Windows, System Component

Application Frame Host. E dey draw di title bar and window frame for Microsoft Store and oda packaged apps.

## Wetin you need know

Dis na di window frame for Store apps. If you end am, e go close dose windows.

ApplicationFrameHost.exe dey host di title bar for packaged apps. If you end am, e fit close Calculator, Settings, and Store at once. E no be di Store installer.

- **E safe?**: Check the running file path, signature, and publisher. Name alone no fit confirm say e safe.

  **Why plenti Store apps dey die if I end am?**: Na him get dia frames

  **Na di Store?**: No. Na di window chrome

Feex tok say

If I need to close one Store app, I dey end dat app. To end Application Frame Host na how you take dey shut down every framed UWP window inside di session.

## Wetin be ApplicationFrameHost.exe?

ApplicationFrameHost.exe na Application Frame Host. Packaged Win32 and UWP apps wey dey use di Windows frame dey get dia caption buttons from dis process.

## Wetin e dey do?

E dey sit down between di app and di Desktop Window Manager make di title bar fit look like di rest of Windows. Classic Win32 apps wey dey draw dia own chrome no need am.

## Wetin make am dey run?

Store app, Settings, or anoda packaged window open. You no suppose see busy frame host when zero Store apps dey run.

## Inspect the running instance

Inside Windows PowerShell, this read-only query show matching process IDs, creation times and executable paths on this PC. (pcm)

`Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq 'ApplicationFrameHost.exe' } | Select-Object ProcessId, ParentProcessId, CreationDate, Name, ExecutablePath | Format-List`

No result or a path we no fit access is inconclusive. Protected processes fit restrict access, and process IDs fit be reused. Keep personal paths local. (pcm)

Use the [file-identity guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/) to compare signatures and product metadata. A filename alone no fit establish safety. (pcm)

## E dey safe?

Check dis running file

Di original host dey inside System32. ApplicationFrameHost.exe inside cracked game folder no be di Windows frame host.

Compare the recorded location with the actual file. A familiar folder alone no fit establish identity. (pcm)

`C:\Windows\System32\ApplicationFrameHost.exe`

- Expected publisher: Microsoft Corporation
- To kill am go close framed packaged apps
- No be di Microsoft Store client itself

## I fit end am?

E dey close Store-style windows

To end Application Frame Host go scatter di windows wey e dey frame. Use am only if ghost Store window hang, den open di app again.

## I fit comot am?

No

No delete ApplicationFrameHost.exe. Packaged apps go open without usable frame.

## E suppose start with Windows?

E dey start when framed packaged app need am. E no be Startup Apps leftover from vendor.

## Measure resource use

| CPU and memory   | Compare several observations for the same PID and workload. This entry get no independently measured universal baseline. (pcm)               |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Disk and network | Attribute activity to the actual process and current task; a filename alone no fit establish expected destinations or transfer volume. (pcm) |

## File information

| Executable name            | ApplicationFrameHost.exe                                                           |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Recorded installation path | C:\Windows\System32\ApplicationFrameHost.exe                                       |
| Publisher                  | Microsoft Corporation                                                              |
| Signature check            | Inspect the actual file; this entry no dey certify its certificate identity. (pcm) |

## Common wahala dem

### Blank Store app window

Restart di app first. If every packaged app blank, restart ApplicationFrameHost, den DWM if di desktop sef no correct.

### People dey end am make dem close Xbox Game Bar

End di Game Bar process. Dem dey share di frame host.

## How to troubleshoot

Diagnose before you change anything wey fit scatter things.

### See which apps get frame

Process Explorer dey show di windows. One broken app no be reason to kill di shared host forever.

### Graphics driver afta bad update

Frame host issues afta GPU driver change na DWM most times. Roll back di driver before you repair System32.

## Technical details

Technical details

| Image name | ApplicationFrameHost.exe  |
| ---------- | ------------------------- |
| Role       | Packaged app window frame |

## Check the identity of running file

A filename alone no fit establish safety. Verify the actual path, signature and product identity. (pcm)

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[RuntimeBroker.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/runtimebroker.exe/)[BackgroundTaskHost.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/backgroundtaskhost.exe/)[Wetin bi Windows process: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/what-is-a-windows-process/)[Check an executable path and digital signature: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/)[Read Task Manager and compare process activity: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)[Windows processes: Category](https://feex.it/wiki/process/windows/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Microsoft Learn: App windows ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/design/basics/windowing-overview)· Packaged app windowing
- [Microsoft Support: Windows ](https://support.microsoft.com/windows)· Public support naming
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.
- [Microsoft Sysinternals: Sigcheck ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sigcheck)· Dey explain how to check file signatures. Dis reference no establish the identity or safety of any particular running file.
- [Microsoft: Get-CimInstance ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/cimcmdlets/get-ciminstance)· Read-only local process-query method. (pcm)
- [Microsoft: Win32_Process properties ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cimwin32prov/win32-process)· Documents process IDs, executable paths, creation dates and parent-ID reuse. (pcm)

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- **Type**: Windows Process

  **Publisher**: Microsoft Corporation

  **Executable**: ApplicationFrameHost.exe

  **Typical path**: C:\Windows\System32\ApplicationFrameHost.exe

  **Record context**: Feex Wiki reference entry

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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