The executable file quickstart.exe is an application that allows the user to easily access the OpenOffice.org program and it has an additional system tray icon for a convenient access to the OpenOffice.org application. This application is slightly similar to the Microsoft Office suite which is also designed for specific functions. It is also associated with the QuickStart application of the OpenOffice.org that allows the user to save time in choosing individual document types or in accessing directly to a particular template. A menu of various OpenOffice.org components like Calc, Impress, Draw, and Writer will display by right-clicking the OpenOffice.org Quickstart icon, and it can even launch Web sites and documents by browsing on the Internet, and entering the URL and by clicking on the launch button. Quickstart.exe can increase the Windows time for booting up because of certain components from the office suite that has been preloaded.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as OpenOffice.org, 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 quickstart.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 quickstart.exe, belongs to, in this case OpenOffice.org