The Google Update service is installed through googleupdate.exe. This is generally installed when you install a number of Google applications like Chrome and Google Earth. The file does not open a new window when updates are being made, but you may find the process running in your Task Manager window. The update service runs in the background when you are connected to the Internet so it can monitor for updates that are available, which correspond to the Google apps that you have installed on your computer system. Generally, the file can be located at C:\Program Files\Google\Update\googleupdate.exe. Depending on your Google programs, you may get the Updater or the Update service. Google Updater is generally installed when you install the Google Pack. Startup user command for the file is C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Google\Update\googleupdate.exe. Startup identifier name is “Google Update.” It has an approximate size of 113.91 KB. Average CPU utilization is rather high at 0.00868%, with a total CPU utilization, including privileged CPU usage and user CPU, of 0.0954692935%.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Google Update Service, 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 googleupdate.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 googleupdate.exe, belongs to, in this case Google Update Service