The file sim.exe, known as SweetIM Setup, relates to the SweetIM Installer by SweetPacks. This software allows users to add smileys to spice up instant messages and emails. It increases the number of choices for emoticons or smileys to those that are built-in in most communication applications. The SweetPacks toolbar provides a selection of free emoticons and animations to choose from under the categories Popular, Texicon, and Love. In addition to emoticons, the toolbar also provides access to more than 400 free games. SweetIM is compatible with Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, ICQ and email, and the toolbar supports Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser version of SweetIM has a search function and an area where users can tweak various configuration options. SweetPacks search home page, default search and new tab provide users with powerful search tools in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome Browsers. This application is certified secure by McAfee and TRUSTe.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as SweetIm Installer, 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 sim.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 sim.exe, belongs to, in this case SweetIm Installer