Syntphelper.exe is the file executable for Synaptics Pointing Device Driver, a Windows-based touchpad or trackpad pointing device for laptop computers that includes tapping speed, sensibility adjustment, button order, and virtual scrollbar setup, among other features. With a tactile sensor, Synaptics Pointing Device has a specialized surface which translates the position and motion of the user's fingers to position points on screen. Touchpad is a space-effective substitute for the computer mouse. The capacitive touch sensing of the pointing device senses the electrical properties of the fingers touching the sensor. These capacitive touchscreens or touchpads are more responsive compared to resistive touchscreens. Capacitive touchscreens costs higher compared to standard stylus for its anti-static conductive foam. The stylus is not capable of capacitive sensing unless a tipped material is used. Some touchscreens are not to be used with gloves as it can fail to sense accurately with even a slightest amount of water on the screen.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Synaptics Pointing Device Driver, 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 syntphelper.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 syntphelper.exe, belongs to, in this case Synaptics Pointing Device Driver