This *.exe process file is also known as AOL Instant Messenger developed by Wild Tangent. This program file is an instant messaging application that allows users to connect and communicate with distant acquaintances. The AOL Instant Messenger has various features that give convenience to its users. It can add variety of social networking accounts such as the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others. Thus, the contacts that a user may have in those social networking accounts can also be saved and stored in the AOL Instant Messenger. This makes messaging activities be fast and instant. The AOL Instant Messenger also allows its user to stay connected with other people in real time through features that makes its user follow friends’ photos, status, notes, and others. This program file has a recorded file size of 102,400 bytes in operating systems such as the Windows XP and Windows 7. The program has no visible window and is not considered as one of the Windows core files.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AOL Instant Messenger, 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 aimwdinstall.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 aimwdinstall.exe, belongs to, in this case AOL Instant Messenger