The process is called Alps Pointing-device Driver for Windows, and its executable file is apntex.exe. The file is generally installed by OEMs on their laptops to enable touchpad functions. If you disable the file, you will not be able to use your laptop’s touchpad to manipulate your pointer. However, if you mostly use the mouse to point and click, you may safely disable the file. On the other hand, you may not need to manually disable the file if you attach your mouse to the laptop, because the file usually automatically terminates once a mouse has been connected to the machine. If it does not terminate automatically, you may then stop it from launching with startup manually. The file is not actually a system file so you need not worry about your system behaving differently if the file is disabled. If your system misbehaves, it could be because of some other factor. The file is saved in the following folder, C:\Program Files\Apoint\apntex.exe.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. apntex.exe. is used by Alps Pointing-device Driver, If you shut down apntex.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop apntex.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Alps Pointing-device Driver, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed apntex.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Alps Pointing-device Driver, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if apntex.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that apntex.exe, belongs to, in this case Alps Pointing-device Driver