Groove Monitor, with executable file groovemonitor.exe, is part of the software for Microsoft Office Groove. The file is tasked to keep an eye on your Groove applications, checking if there are any issues with regards to application performance. If any issues are found, i.e. application crashes, the file will ask the user if it can send the report of the crash to Microsoft. The user can click OK or Cancel, depending on the user’s preference. The file works in much the same way as Microsoft’s Windows Error Reporting application, where automated reports are also sent to Microsoft to report Windows application crashes. File path for Groove Monitor is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\groovemonitor.exe. It is launched by its parent process, explorer.exe. It uses about 1.98 MB of CPU RAM, and has a known file size of 30.29 KB. Run identifier for startup is “GrooveMonitor.” Based on users’ accounts, disabling the file does not affect the performance of Office Groove applications.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Groove Monitor, 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 groovemonitor.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 groovemonitor.exe, belongs to, in this case Groove Monitor