The dkservice.exe process allows the program Diskeeper to be specifically run by the user at desired times. It is installed with the disk fragmenting utility, Executive Software Diskeeper, a popular replacement for the Windows Disk Defragmenter. The dkservice.exe file is among the three components of the Diskeeper’s automatic defrag software. As it is a Windows service specifically handling intercomponent communications, the dkservice.exe file is critically needed in the user interface or the defrag engine could go out of sync and fail to function and perform their actions accordingly. Additionally, this Diskeeper application is able to address a variety of external communications like communicating with Diskeeper Administrator the task of communicating data reports and product updates. One of the two forms of user interface, the diskeeper.msc and the diskeeper.exe process allows the configuration of the user of the Diskeeper application. This will determine when the scheduled defragmentation tasks are done, along with scheduling new ones.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Diskeeper, 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 dkservice.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 dkservice.exe, belongs to, in this case Diskeeper