Referred to by the service name America Online or AOL Fast Start, the aol.exe process is a Windows file that is a part of the program America Online or AOL Software, which is produced by America Online, or simply abbreviated as AOL. This file is among the essential components, but its main task is to enable the software AOL to launch in the background during the startup of Windows. It is a component that is bundled in the software, so if it is installed, aol.exe is also downloaded, regardless of the version of the AOL program used. Other than this file and other processes that call for it, as well as modules that belong to the software, the different components that make up AOL Explorer and AOL Instant Messenger or AIM are also installed on the computer system. This particular file, aol.exe, is possible to execute other modules within the main AOL Software, and also from AOL Instant Messenger, and, or AOL Explorer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as America Online or AOL 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 aol.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 aol.exe, belongs to, in this case America Online or AOL Software