Known by the service name Virtual Storage Filter Driver, the process vmstorfl.sys is a type of a driver file, but most importantly, a part of the software product Microsoft Windows Operating System, or Disk Virtual Machine Bus Acceleration Filter Driver, which is developed by Microsoft Corporation. Like other computer files created by Microsoft Corporation, vmstorfl.sys has a digital signature from Microsoft Windows - Microsoft Time-Stamp Service. It also means that this particular file certainly works with all versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, which are also made by the same company. Whether the Windows OS is Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, or Windows ME, vmstorfl.sys is installable onto the computer, where it stores itself on a folder location, usually C:\Program Files, registers into the Windows registry, and starts to run in the background. As digitally signed and part of the system, vmstorfl.sys is not recommended to terminate or delete, unless it causes problems or errors that affect the computer OS performance.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. vmstorfl.sys. is used by Disk Virtual Machine Bus Acceleration Filter Driver or Microsoft Windows, If you shut down vmstorfl.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop vmstorfl.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Disk Virtual Machine Bus Acceleration Filter Driver or Microsoft Windows, 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 vmstorfl.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Disk Virtual Machine Bus Acceleration Filter Driver or Microsoft Windows, 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 vmstorfl.sys. 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 vmstorfl.sys, belongs to, in this case Disk Virtual Machine Bus Acceleration Filter Driver or Microsoft Windows