Basically called as Desktop Search, the desktop.exe file is a part of 4shared Desktop, a program developed by 4Shared.com for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. 4shared Desktop is used to allow a user upload numerous files, from photos to documents and audios to videos, to his or her personal 4Shared account in a less time-consuming process. It helps a user saves time in uploading all files or data he or she wants to save in his or her account. Aside from multiple file uploading, this application also provides other features for downloading, printing and sharing. A user can set up his or her privacy setting too, whether files uploaded are publicly or privately shared. As the Desktop Search, desktop.exe is responsible in assisting the user to search for any files or data stored in his or her 4Shared account. This is another easy and quick way of finding any data needed to search for viewing, sharing, emailing, printing or downloading.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. desktop.exe. is used by 4shared Desktop, If you shut down desktop.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop desktop.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is 4shared Desktop, 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 desktop.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as 4shared Desktop, 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 desktop.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 desktop.exe, belongs to, in this case 4shared Desktop