The executable process file exiftool.exe (version 8.1.5.0) is described to be as a Read and Write Meta information that is developed by Phil Harvey. The process file is also described to be as a platform-independent Perl library that provides a wide array set of Perl Modules to write and read meta information of various images, video, audio and document files, thus it is considered as a command-line application. The process file supports formats that include ID3, EXIF, AFCP, GPS, FlashPix, IPTC, Photoshop IRB, XMP, ICC Profile, JFIF, and GeoTIFF. The process file is found to be running in the task manager as the process exiftool.exe. The process file is found to be located in the folder of C:\Windows\System32 and in the directory of %TEMP%\par-hans\cache_exiftool_8.24 and in %PROGRAMFILES%\Denoise My Imagefree. On Windows 7 or XP, the process file has a file size of 2,922,905 bytes. The process file has no visible window, and neither is it considered to be a Windows system file.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ExifTool, 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 exiftool.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 exiftool.exe, belongs to, in this case ExifTool