The pdesk.exe file is a tray bar process used in the Matrox PowerDesk graphic card software. The EXE file paves the way for an easy and quick access to what the PowerDesk software can offer. The Matrox PowerDesk software is a desktop enhancement utility which has been developed for Microsoft Windows. The software offers a supplementary multi-display desktop administration controls, thus giving the user a wide option of utilities that only Matrox has. These utilities consist of controls where display dialog and communication boxes are seen and how to enlarge windows. The software also has communication pop ups to optimize the management of the utilities. The system tray icon which the pdesk.exe file displays, provides access to PowerDesk File Manager, PowerDesk File Finder and the PowerDesk Dialog Helper utilities. The user can use both the Microsoft Windows Start menu toolbar and the system tray toolbar generated by the pdesk.exe file. The user can see all the commands for File Finders on PowerDesk menus.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Matrox PowerDesk, 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 pdesk.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 pdesk.exe, belongs to, in this case Matrox PowerDesk