Osk.exe is the process file for On-screen Keyboard, a virtual keyboard allows the user to enter characters, usually operated with input devices that includes a touchscreen, actual computer keyboard, as well as a computer mouse. Virtual keyboards are used as on-screen input devices without physical keyboard. It allows input from various input devices like computer mice, switches, or other assistive technology devices. It functions where user input texts by tapping the virtual keyboard. Virtual keyboards are used as emulation feature software used for systems with fewer buttons than computer keyboards. Virtual keyboards are categorized by: 1) Physical keyboards that have keys comprising electronically-changeable integrated displays in the keypads. 2) Virtual Keyboards that have touchscreen layouts called sensing areas. 3) Optically-projected Keyboard layouts which have similar arrangements of sensing areas that optically detects human finger and hand motions. On desktop PCs, one important purpose of virtual keyboards is providing the alternative input mechanism for use of people who cannot use the physical keyboard.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as OnScreen Keyboard, 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 osk.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 osk.exe, belongs to, in this case OnScreen Keyboard