Called as Keyboard Customizer as its service name, the tpkmapap.exe process is an instance of an executable or EXE file, and is a component of the program IBM ThinkPad Battery, also IBM ThinkPad EasyEject Utility, IBM Thinkpad - Keyboard Customizer Utility, Keyboard Customizer, IBM ThinkPad Presentation, ThinkPad Presentation Director, or IBM ThinkPad Battery MaxiMiser and Power, which is created by IBM or Lenovo. The program is manufactured to activate the battery power of the Toshiba laptop or notebook. It is not recommended to terminate or stop the file tpkmapap.exe, or its function is disabled. Moreover, this particular file is an instance of a Windows process, which means it works with most or all versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, such as Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows ME. During the Windows startup, and as pre-installed on Toshiba computers, tpkmapap.exe automatically runs in the background and executes its function, which includes the launching of other modules bundled within the program.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. tpkmapap.exe. is used by IBM ThinkPad Battery or IBM ThinkPad EasyEject Utility or Keyboard Customizer or IBM ThinkPad Presentation or ThinkPad Presentation Director or IBM ThinkPad Battery MaxiMiser and Power, If you shut down tpkmapap.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop tpkmapap.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is IBM ThinkPad Battery or IBM ThinkPad EasyEject Utility or Keyboard Customizer or IBM ThinkPad Presentation or ThinkPad Presentation Director or IBM ThinkPad Battery MaxiMiser and Power, 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 tpkmapap.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as IBM ThinkPad Battery or IBM ThinkPad EasyEject Utility or Keyboard Customizer or IBM ThinkPad Presentation or ThinkPad Presentation Director or IBM ThinkPad Battery MaxiMiser and Power, 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 tpkmapap.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 tpkmapap.exe, belongs to, in this case IBM ThinkPad Battery or IBM ThinkPad EasyEject Utility or Keyboard Customizer or IBM ThinkPad Presentation or ThinkPad Presentation Director or IBM ThinkPad Battery MaxiMiser and Power