Called as MouseHook DLL, the mousehook.dll file is a Windows process, and specifically a component of RocketDock software, also MouseHook. As a dynamic link library, mousehook.dll has a significant role that helps stop any disruption when using the mouse of a computer. A mouse wheel tends to roll and move, while sometimes a user does not want that to happen. With MouseHook, he or she can able to lock it, to prevent scrolling through files or records. If the RocketDock program is downloaded on the computer, the file mousehook.dll also comes along with it, stores itself in one of the folder locations, usually in C:\Program Files, and from there it has the capability to enable the software. Once this file is deleted, the RocketDock application may not properly work, or simply become disabled, and a user is not going able to lock the mouse wheel of his or her computer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as RocketDock or MouseHook, 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 mousehook.dll. 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 mousehook.dll, belongs to, in this case RocketDock or MouseHook