How to remove an HidFind error

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HidFind.exe file information

The process known as Alps Pointing-device Driver belongs to software Alps Pointing-device Driver or Dell Touchpad or ALPS Touch Pad Driver or Alps USB Mouse detection application by Alps Electric Co. (www.alps.com) or ALPS (www.alps.com).

Description: HidFind.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings" - mostly C:\Program Files\Apoint2K\. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 45,056 bytes (58% of all occurrences), 40,960 bytes and 8 more variants.
The program is not visible. HidFind.exe is not a Windows core file. HidFind.exe is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. Therefore the technical security rating is 17% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you have any problems with HidFind.exe, you can uninstall the program using the Control Panel ⇒ Add/Remove programs ⇒ Dell Touchpad or ALPS Touch Pad Driver.

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If HidFind.exe is located in the folder "C:\Program Files", the security rating is 82% dangerous. The file size is 39,940 bytes. There is no file information. The program has no visible window. The program starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program uses ports to connect to a LAN or the Internet. HidFind.exe is not a Windows core file. HidFind.exe is able to monitor applications and manipulate other programs.

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as HidFind.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the HidFind.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

Dell Latitude D300 TouchPad Configurator
Karampasis Thanasis (Greece)

It disables the touch pad when a USB mouse is pluged into your laptop.
Rainsing

It is required to run the touch mouse on most dell laptops

i ended the process since it was using more than 50% of my available CPU. so far, i have had no loss of functionality.
Dan R

Took 98% of CPU once after I plugged it into docking station &logged in. Had to kill to regain USB mouse &CPU response and stop HD-thrashing. Touch-pad still worked after.
Alan Lietzke

It is for touchpad. Alps
Arijit

C:\Program Files\DellTPad
Nejat

this message only appears when I have connected a bluetooth usb adaptor
Maurice

mine is 96.3 KB and when I disable it, the only change I notice is that my mouse double clicks with one push.

I set up Ms Office on Dell e4300 w/XP, SP3. When starting Word, comp locked up. I looked at Task Mgr to see what was active. I sawhidfind.exe. I searched web and found this site. I uninstalled "dell touchpad drive" and my problem went away!
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Summary: Average user rating of HidFind.exe: based on 11 votes with 10 reviews.

2 users think HidFind.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 5 users think it's probably harmless. 1 user think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 3 users doesn't grade HidFind.exe ("not sure about it").

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