How to remove an DkIcon error

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DkIcon.exe file information

The process belongs to software Diskeeper™ Disk Defragmenter or Diskeeper Professional by Diskeeper (www.diskeeper.com) or Executive Software International (www.executive.com).

Description: The file DkIcon.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" (mostly C:\Program Files\Executive Software\Diskeeper\). Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 221,184 bytes (31% of all occurrences), 184,408 bytes and 11 more variants.
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 8% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you are having problems with DkIcon.exe, you can also completely remove Diskeeper Professional Edition or Diskeeper Professional (Control Panel⇒Add/Remove programs), go to the support area of the Diskeeper website or search for an update on the vendor’s website.

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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 camouflages itself as DkIcon.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the DkIcon.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

Diskeeper Professional Edition (defrag HD)
Pascal

Not dangerous, defrags hard drives. Very handy.
Hobo

It's the best defrag software- period
Glen O. Jacobson

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

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

Basically serves as an ad for Diskeeper. I do not think it is necessary for Diskeeper's operation
Charles Jenkins

can prevent proper shutdown of pc, until the process and dkservice are both stopped
Craig Edwards

This is not needed for Diskeeper to function UNLESS you use the "Set it and forget" defragmentation scheduling; which is really the main reason you purchase Diskeeper. So disable this if you want to only defragment manually.
JReese (further information)

Summary: Average user rating of DkIcon.exe: based on 17 votes with 8 reviews.

13 users think DkIcon.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 4 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous.

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