Otherwise known as TOSHIBA HotKey Utility, the ceekey.exe process is an executable file that is associated with or belong to the Satellite E-Key program, which is an application created by Toshiba for Toshiba computer laptops and notebooks. This file is responsible in enabling the use and control of some special function (FN) keys, which include the sleep key (F3), hibernate key (F4), brightness key (F6 or F7), as well as the speaker on/off key, and management key. If the TOSHIBA HotKey Utility is not working, those special function keys do not work. A user can only access to make a shortcut by pressing those keys if the file that enables its tasks is present. Thus, the ceekey.exe file must be stored on the computer system and kept running in the background. This file is also the same process used in EKey Application, a program made by Compal Electronic, Inc. Whether this file belongs to TOSHIBA HotKey Utility or EKey Application, ceekey.exe must remain active on the system.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Satellite E-Key, 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 ceekey.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 ceekey.exe, belongs to, in this case Satellite E-Key