The file dockshellhook.dll, known as ObjectDock Free, belongs to Stardock Software. Stardock Corporation, a software development company, is best known for computer programs that allow a user to modify or extend a graphical user interface. Stardock Software, also called Object Desktop (OD), is a suite of eighteen tools that enables a user to personalize the desktop. It includes tools that can change Microsoft Window's appearance by using icons that are created by the IconDeveloper component. The appearance of desktop icons can be changed and enhanced with IconX tools. The program has tools that allow users to switch from the standard Windows menu to the customized menu created with Object Desktop. There are other tools and components of this suite, which provide users with multiple ways to create, browse, download, install and remove desktop items. This software suite includes individual help files for each of the components to aid users in using the application.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Stardock 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 dockshellhook.dll. 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 dockshellhook.dll, belongs to, in this case Stardock Software