To access Microsoft’s offline MSDN libraries, the program, Microsoft Document Explorer should be installed. The executable file dexplore.exe is included in the Visual Studio installer, and can be installed separately. It functions as a Help viewer to access How-To guides, learn about coding, troubleshoot technical issues and read other relevant documents stored within the MSDN offline libraries. Microsoft Document Explorer is customizable. Users can change the font size and color, modify the Toolbar, and assign shortcut keys. The file dexplore.exe is a standalone file that can be uninstalled, and doing so will not affect the normal processes of the Windows Operating System. The file is automatically installed in the Windows Program Files and can found in the following location: C\Windows\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Help\Share 9. The file uses minimal space on the CPU, taking up only 2% of CPU usage when in use. It runs as a background process when Visual Studio is being used. It should automatically shut down when Visual Studio is no longer in use.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Visual Studio, 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 dexplore.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 dexplore.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Visual Studio