The ffprsrv.exe file is the process used by the application File and Folder Privacy created by PC-Safety. The directory for this process file is in the C:\Windows\ffprext. Known sizes for this file include 84,480 bytes and 83,968 bytes with 75% occurrence. There is no visible window for this process. The program loads when you start Windows. The registry key for this process is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. This process can record inputs. The ffprsrv.exe file is a non-system process on Windows. It can hide itself. This file with a size of 80,384 bytes has an MD5 algorithm fingerprint of 6a6e39b7564290e64d7d70e6315e25a8, SHA1 of de4c242ab9ce6bf9c608d76ebb3b7470fdd6702e and SHA256 of 4fe65351538969bc4046714bbd0074fdb8902d82b6277c840f43752f0a831450. File and Folder privacy serves as a security tool for your system that applies password protection for you to hide files and folders. It will ask for your access password every time you or someone else is trying to open a protected folder or file.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as File and Folder Privacy, 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 ffprsrv.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 ffprsrv.exe, belongs to, in this case File and Folder Privacy