The freenet.exe file is the process called Freenet Systray Application that is used by the application Freenet originally created by Ian Clarke and developed by The Freenet Project. This is not a core file for Windows that means the operating system can run without requiring this process. This program has a visible window. This program runs when you start Windows. The registry key for this process is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. Freenet is a peer-to-peer cross-platform system of communication. It has a decentralized storage for distributed data with free software suite to work on these data. It stores small, encrypted snippets of data distributed on user computers, and connects through intermediate computers that pass on content requests and sends them back without knowledge of the full fill content. This supports anonymous publishing and retrieval of different kinds of information. Freenet is a free software. It works on Java.

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

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