The powerpnt.exe file pertains to Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Office PowerPoint, which is one of the Microsoft Office applications for Windows created by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft PowerPoint, with several versions from Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office Professional, Microsoft Office 2003, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010, is a presentation program that features a number of pages, called slides, with tools included, like texts, transitions, and animations, that can be used and shown using an overhead projector, but viewable by a computer. The powerpnt.exe process is the launcher file of Microsoft Office PowerPoint, and indicates that the module is essential enough to enable the function of the software. If the file is deleted or stopped, PowerPoint application is disabled. So, the powerpnt.exe file must remain working or running in the background of the computer system. Furthermore, the software PowerPoint is bundled in Microsoft Office, which is always included in Windows operating system application, yet can be separately installed too.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Office PowerPoint, 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 powerpnt.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 powerpnt.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Office PowerPoint