The file extension dfsvc.exe belongs to a process known as Distributed File System Replication service. This is part of Microsoft’s .NET Framework and is used primarily to replicate parts of files between servers that were altered, through an application known as Remote Differential Compression. This procedure aims to decrease traffic for the network. The service was first implemented in Windows Server 2003 R2. The usual size of the file is 5 KB. File version 2.0.50727.1433 is a 32-bit program. The file has an approximate CPU resource consumption of 0.12709%, with RAM utilization of 30.04 MB. Average context switches per second of the file is 42/second. Total I/O read operation is 391 while total I/O write operation is 195. The file can be found installed in the following directory: C:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\dfsvc.exe. Non-system module loaded into the process is dfshim.dll. This specific file version runs on Windows XP Professional. The file imports mscore.dll in order to execute.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Distributed File System Replication service, 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 dfsvc.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 dfsvc.exe, belongs to, in this case Distributed File System Replication service