The kmw_show.exe process is among the resource files and modules used by the firmware and driver software components of certain mice models from Kensington. This means the kmw_show.exe process is packaged with the firmware and driver software distributions for these Kensington mice. The firmware and driver software components of these hardware devices reference the data stored in the kmw_show.exe process whenever the system or the user requests for access to some of the supported Kensington mice's integrated features that correspond to the kmw_show.exe file along with the program files and modules that the kmw_show.exe file will initialize and load unto the system upon its activation. The content of the kmw_show.exe file includes sequential command lines, modular system references, application-specific instructions and program-specific module directives that are encoded with program logic compilation specifications mainly used for source code stored in the EXE file format.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Kensington Mouse Driver Module, 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 kmw_show.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 kmw_show.exe, belongs to, in this case Kensington Mouse Driver Module