Autoruns.exe is the process utility that has a comprehensive capability to automatically start locations in any startup monitor while showing the programs that are configured to be running during system startup, boot up or login, while showing the respective Windows entries for processing. Autoruns can be configured to show shell extensions, browser helper objects, toolbars, auto-start services, Winlogon notifications, and more. The Hide Signed Entries feature in Autorun help the user to zoom in third-party auto-start images which have been added into the system containing support for viewing the auto-start images that are configured for the other accounts configured in the system. Autoruns shows the currently configured automatic start applications and the full list of Registry file locations available for the auto-start configuration. They are displayed by Autoruns and include the log on entries, the Explorer add-ons, the Internet Explorer add-ons that includes Browser Helper Objects, DLLs, image hijacks, boot execute images, Windows Services among others.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Autoruns for Windows, 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 autoruns.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 autoruns.exe, belongs to, in this case Autoruns for Windows