The file exechook.dll, known as Xdrive ShellExecute Extension, belongs to software ExecHook Modules. The direct link library (dll) file exechook.dll shares functions and codes for the shell extension program that is installed into the computer from the software that it supports, which came from the company Xdrive. Xdrive is a service of America Online that provides online storage free of charge. The online storage service protects files such as music libraries, digital photos, and text documents from being lost or damaged by natural calamities or accidents that could destroy the computer. Cloud storage services like Xdrive also provide file accessibility to the important and most frequently used files that can be accessed by the user from a computer or smartphone in any place where Internet services are available. The ExecHook Modules provides an interface between for Xdrive and Windows Explorer that enables the user to access the files from cloud storage.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Xdrive ExecHook Module, 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 exechook.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 exechook.dll, belongs to, in this case Xdrive ExecHook Module