The program ddmservice.exe is a download manager service for the DivX Web player application. The program is necessary to set-up the Web player and update DivX plug-ins, which enables users to watch embedded videos on the computer. Aside from playing .divx videos, the Web player also supports videos and audio in the following formats: .avi, .mkv, .mp4, and .mov. It is relatively safe to use and should cause no problems with any Windows programs or browser applications. The file does not take up too much CPU memory, but if it is found to be taking up about fifty percent of CPU memory, the file may be broken or a movie or audio file that was opened contains a virus. In some instances, the program is found to be running in the background even when no video or movie is being played. A number of users also found glitches in normal Windows or browser processes soon after the file was installed/updated or after using the program a few times only. The file can be found in the subfolder C:\Program Files\Divx\DivX Plus Web Player\DDMService.exe.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as DivX Web player, 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 ddmservice.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 ddmservice.exe, belongs to, in this case DivX Web player