The process called internetexplorer.exe is an instance of an executable or EXE file, which is primarily part of the program Microsoft Windows, particularly Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer or IE, which is developed by Microsoft Corporation. This file is considered legitimate as it is a process made by Microsoft for its own Windows, which means it is compatible with all versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, such as Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows ME. Regardless of the Windows operating system or OS that is pre-installed onto the computer, internetexplorer.exe is able to run as a background service, and has to remain stored on a folder location (usually in C:\Program Files, C:\Documents and Settings, or C:\Windows), registers itself into a Windows registry, and start being functional. It is not advisable to terminate or stop this file, so its function is not disable.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, 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 internetexplorer.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 internetexplorer.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Internet Explorer