The magickey.exe file is an EXE application resource used by the firmware utilities and driver software components that are bundled with certain Belkin wireless keyboard devices. The magickey.exe process is specifically deployed as one of the executable component files of modules that are embedded into these firmware distributions and driver software packages for implementing the multimedia key functionalities of the associated Belkin wireless keyboard device into the Windows-based system. This means the magickey.exe process works with other EXE program files, certain DLL (Dynamic Link Library) modules, some SYS driver utilities and specific background process items among various resource files and libraries, in order to assist these drivers and firmware utilities in performing the features integrated into the multimedia keys of the associated Belkin wireless keyboard as requested by the user. The magickey.exe process and these component resources are placed in the system upon the installation of these Belkin wireless keyboard driver utilities and firmware files and libraries, which also means the magickey.exe file is bundled into the installer distribution packages of these device drivers and firmware components.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Belkin Keyboard Firmware/Driver Software, 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 magickey.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 magickey.exe, belongs to, in this case Belkin Keyboard Firmware/Driver Software