Most reviews by users and anti-virus programs identify the firstmenuapplet.exe file as malware. It is the process called First Menu Applet. This program uses an icon on the taskbar usually next to the clock. The firstmenuapplet.exe file can record keyboard inputs. It is a non-system process on Windows. It originates from the software installed in the system. This file has no digital signature. This process automatically starts on current user startup startmenu or on running processes. Malware or malicious software is a program created to gain access to private systems without the consent of the owner, get sensitive data or interrupt the operations of a target computer system. It can be an active content, script, code or another software. It can disguise itself as genuine software through a company Website that offers a promising or attractive program with the malware embedded in it and the tracking application that obtains marketing statistics.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as FirstMenuApplet Application, 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 firstmenuapplet.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 firstmenuapplet.exe, belongs to, in this case FirstMenuApplet Application