PowerOff is a simple program that allows a computer user to manage when to switch off the computer. The poweroff.exe file upon execution can provide the user the chance to set up his personal computer in such a way that it can power off, shutdown, reboot, log off, lock the workstation, go on standby mode and wake up another computer. In letting the PowerOff software continue to run in the system, the user can be able to control all these actions either locally or remotely. The user is given an option to perform the activities. He or she can set up the activity to be performed immediately, scheduled, or by using a built-in scheduler. The poweroff.exe file activates all these functionalities upon initialization on computer startup. The EXE file provides the user with command line options which he or she can use to combine poweroff in batch files. PowerOff can be used as a shortcut to shutdown.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as PowerOff, 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 poweroff.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 poweroff.exe, belongs to, in this case PowerOff