dwm.exe Windows process description

Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista software, task, program or application with exename dwm.exe

Specific issues and troubleshooting:

• Is dwm.exe virus or not? And how you can recognize it.
• Solve problems with dwm.exe error.
• A little bit more specific dwm.exe application error.
• Removal guide: How to remove dwm.exe.
• Solve problems with dwm.exe not responding.
• Windows performance problems: dwm.exe high cpu.
• File damaged: dwm.exe corrupted.

What is dwm.exe - purpose and description:

dwm.exe is a feature found on newer Microsoft operating systems, such as Windows Vista and Windows 7, to create special graphics effects like live window previews and the Aero Glass effect on your windows.

Security risk rating: N/A
Trojan and malware info: N/A*
Typical errors: File not found, An error occurred in file, Not responding, Application Error 0x, Howto delete, stop, run, remove and find the file.
Note: N/A means "Not available". That means that now we have no information if this process is harmful or not.

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Latest user reviews

Summary: 10 users rated this process. Average security risk: Average

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dwm.exe version list:

The name dwm.exe can be used by many programs from different vendors. Also, the same vendor can create dwm.exe in more than one version. Thus, we distinguish between all variants of dwm.exe using so called "checksum". Checksum is unique number identifying particular version of dwm.exe:

Retypes: wxe, rxe, eze, ece, exw, exr, eexe, exxe, exee, swm, fwm, dqm, dem, dwn, dw,, ddwm, dwwm, dwmm, dvm, twm,

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