The regmon.exe process is also known as the Generic Starting Utility. It belongs to the software Sysinternals Regmon and owned by the company ILYA-Corp. Soft Group or Sysinternals. There is not a lot of information gathered for this process. The application is not visible within the computer system and it is not a Windows system file. The process can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. It is able to record inputs and monitor applications. The process contains a technical security rating of 34% dangerous, which makes it relatively safe for the user to run; however, the user needs to be wary of the possibility that this process can contain some potential hazards that he or she needs to take immediate measures of, which can be followed whenever this program is being operated in order to promote security for the user’s computer system. It is advisable for the user to keep this process running within the computer system and should not be taken off, since removing it may cause the computer system to behave unpredictably. This process may contribute to the PC’s overall performance.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Generic Starting Utility, 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 regmon.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 regmon.exe, belongs to, in this case Generic Starting Utility