The file qw.exe is the executable file for Quicken for Windows. Quicken is an Accounting software that helps users manage their finances through features that help in tracking down expenses, creating a budget, managing bank accounts, monitoring credit card expenses and payments, and performing automatic computations of finances. There is Quicken for personal finances, investments, rental property, business, and a combination of personal and business finances. From basic accounting to more advanced financial management software, Quicken provides money management tools that can be installed on computers for easy access. The software is manufactured by Intuit, and the process launched by the file qw.exe is Quicken Launcher. The file is rather large, taking up around 61 MB of CPU RAM. Aside from being a user-invoked program, there were no other descriptions of the file available; in particular, its technical attributes. There were likewise no reports on the file being a malware or virus. The file’s default path is C:\Program Files\Quicken\ qw.exe.

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

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