The combobutton.exe process is an executable file that appears as MaxtorCombo in the Processes tab of the Windows Task Manager whenever the associated external Maxtor hard drive is connected to the Windows-based system. The combobutton.exe file is specifically deployed into the system by the Maxtor OneTouch software, which is a Windows program that is bundled with the firmware utilities and device driver software components that are packaged with these external Maxtor hard drives, as the executable dispatcher file of the Maxtor OneTouch Detection application. The button found in the external Maxtor hard drive is monitored by the Maxtor OneTouch Detection application, in order for the Maxtor OneTouch software to load the Retrospect data recovery program unto the system whenever this button is pressed by the user. This means the combobutton.exe file is activated to run the Maxtor OneTouch Detection application as a background process during system runtime or whenever the external Maxtor hard drive is connected to the Windows-based computer, in order to assist the Maxtor OneTouch software in monitoring the activity of this button that launches the Retrospect data recovery software. The combobutton.exe file is placed in the system upon the installation of the Maxtor OneTouch Detection application, which is in turn integrated along with the Maxtor OneTouch software during the installation process for the firmware components and device driver utilities that are bundled with these external Maxtor hard drives.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Maxtor OneTouch and Maxtor OneTouch Detection Application, 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 combobutton.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 combobutton.exe, belongs to, in this case Maxtor OneTouch and Maxtor OneTouch Detection Application