The fahcore_11.exe file is the process that is associated with Folding @Home GPU Client used by Stanford University. The directory for this file is %APPDATA%\Folding@home-gpu. Folding @Home GPU Client is a graphics processing unit used by Folding@Home Distributed Computing software. The first generation of this GPU Client is the first time that graphic processing units or GPUs have been used to serve either major molecular dynamics calculations or distributed computing. Vijay Pande is the author of Folding@Home. It is developed by Pande Laboratory, Cauldron Development LLC, Sony and Nvidia ATI. Users who participate in the program Folding@home will install the Folding@home client program on their PC or PS3 [PlayStation 3 game console]. The user will interact with this client. This client manages other components of the software in the background. The client allows the user to pause the folding process, check its work progress, view personal statistics or open an event log. The client operates continuously in the background with low priority by using idle processing power that will not affect the normal use of the computer. You can adjust the maximum usage of CPU in the client settings. The client connects to Folding@home server to retrieve a work unit and download the proper core for the client settings, hardware and operating system. The work unit returns to the Folding@home user after processing.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. fahcore_11.exe. is used by Folding@Home, If you shut down fahcore_11.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop fahcore_11.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Folding@Home, 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 fahcore_11.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Folding@Home, 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 fahcore_11.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 fahcore_11.exe, belongs to, in this case Folding@Home