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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