The process that gets installed on the computer when you install the driver for your Western Digital hard drive is known as WD Smartware, with executable file wdfme.exe. The file functions as a backup service. It runs in the background while you are using your PC, and works on backing up your files based on format and category, i.e. photos, music, and such. The file therefore runs a very helpful service, except that it has been reported to manipulate CPU memory. What users discovered is that, the backup process is an ongoing process, for as long as you are on the computer. It will keep doing its function for the whole duration of your PC usage. Users also found out that disabling the file, or not utilizing it at all, did nothing to prevent it from running in the background. When you boot-up your system, it will run once again, and persistently do its job of backing up files. The only solution users found to have solved the issue is completely uninstalling the file.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as WD Smarware, 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 wdfme.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 wdfme.exe, belongs to, in this case WD Smarware