The file printscreen.exe belongs to the process Printscreen captures the contents of the screen with a single keystroke, which is a component of the process Gadwin PrintScreen. This freeware utility allows users to capture any portion of the screen, copy it to Windows clipboard, save it to a file, print, or send it through email. Users can perform a full screen capture or only capture a specific window. This is an alternative application to the PrintScreen key in Windows operating systems, which requires too much time for image capture, or sometimes, cannot capture some elements of the screen such as different shaped cursors. Screen captures can be used to for sharing in the Web, or to enhance technical and sales documents and embed captured images into presentations. The application has several hotkeys and an attractive and easily navigated interface that can be customized to choose default settings for shortcut key associations, capture preferences, and output.
How can I stop printscreen.exe and should I?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. printscreen.exe. is used by Gadwin PrintScreen, If you shut down printscreen.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop printscreen.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Gadwin PrintScreen, 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.
Is this a virus or other security concern?
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What is a process and how do they affect my computer?
A process usually a part of an installed application such as Gadwin PrintScreen, 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.
Is printscreen.exe known to be bad for my computer's performance?
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.
What can I do if printscreen.exe is causing errors on my computer?
The first thing you should do if printscreen.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 printscreen.exe, belongs to, in this case Gadwin PrintScreen