The pplinks.exe process is also known as the PaperPort Links Server. It belongs to PaperPort and it is owned by ScanSoft, Inc. The program is a non-system process, which means that the application originated from the software that the user used to install within his or her computer system. Most processes store data within the user’s system registry and it is likely that the user’s registry has been suffering from fragmentation and had gathered invalid entries that can potentially affect the user’s computer performance. This process has not yet been assigned a security rating, so it is still relatively unknown whether this process is safe for the user to operate; however, since it is a non-system process, it is up to the user whether he or she would like to enable or disable this process. If it is specifically causing problems for the user, it can be stopped; however, terminating it might cause the computer unnecessary problems, so it is advisable to keep it running.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as PaperPort Links Server, 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 pplinks.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 pplinks.exe, belongs to, in this case PaperPort Links Server