The freeshade.exe file is the process called FreeShade used by the application HmmnSoft FreeShade developed by HmmnSoft. This is not a system process that originates from the software installed in the system. It is not a core file for Windows that means the operating system can run without requiring this process. There is no visible window for this program. This program loads when you boot Windows. The registry key for this process is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. This process can alter or control the behavior of applications. It records inputs. FreeShade is an application that offers window shading for Windows. When you double-click a caption on a window, window shading rolls the window up so only the caption or title bar becomes visible. The freeshade.exe file has no digital signature. This process automatically starts on all users startup startmenu, running processes or on current user autorun registry entries.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as HmmnSoft FreeShade, 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 freeshade.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 freeshade.exe, belongs to, in this case HmmnSoft FreeShade