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How to remove DkIcon error


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DkIcon.exe file information

The process DKICON.EXE belongs to the software Diskeeper (TM) Disk Defragmenter or DkIcon.exe" or Diskeeper Professional by Executive Software International, Inc (www.executive.com) or Diskeeper Corporation.

Description: File DkIcon.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" (mostly C:\Program Files\Executive Software\Diskeeper\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 221,184 bytes (26% of all occurrence), 184,408 bytes, 176,216 bytes, 319,488 bytes, 180,312 bytes, 163,840 bytes, 196,696 bytes, 217,176 bytes, 21,504 bytes, 357,846 bytes, 167,936 bytes.
The program has a visible window. It is not a Windows system file. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. The process starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). Therefore the technical security rating is 6% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:

  • "DiskeeperSystray" is not required to run at start up. DisKeeper defragmentation software - can be started manually

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as DkIcon.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the DkIcon.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

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Basically serves as an ad for Diskeeper. I do not think it is necessary for Diskeeper's operation
  Charles Jenkins  
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It is the Diskeeper system tray icon. It uses system resources unnecessarily and if you are aware enough to be looking at it here, disable it and just defragment manually every week or so.
  Matthew  
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you can disable this, but it wont load upon windows startup and wont defrag in background. When you play games go ahead and disable it to increase resources and memory
  butthead  
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It's the best defrag software- period
  Glen O. Jacobson  
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Not dangerous, defrags hard drives. Very handy.
  Hobo  
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Diskeeper Professional Edition (defrag HD)
  Pascal  

Summary: 12 users think DkIcon.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous.

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