What is LockApp.exe and how to disable this process

LockApp.exe is a own file for operating systems from Windows 10 onwards and it is a completely normal file to find in our task manager. The problem is that Some viruses and malware are capable of impersonating this executable and causing security and performance failures on your PC.. If you suspect this may be happening to you, read on because let's solve it.

What is LockApp.exe?

LockApp.exe, as I told you, is an executable that we find within Windows operating systems and that is responsible for managing everything related to your computer's lock screen. This process is activated as the lock screen (Lock Screen) is displayed in Windows when logging in or whenever we want. But it does not imply, a priori, any security breach.

In addition to this, since you can have different widgets on the lock screen, you you can find more processes about the weather or even your email inbox, depending on how you've configured the widgets on this lock screen.

However, although this process is important for the correct functioning of the Windows operating system, it consumes quite low resources so that it is almost negligible. However, It is possible that you will find a high consumption next to a process with this same name but it is not LockApp.exe but rather a virus or malware impersonating this process.

If you think this may be happening to you you are going to have to perform a full system scan to detect what may be happening.

How to know if LockApp.exe is being replaced by malware?

If you are noticing suspicious behavior on your computer recently and the LockApp.exe executable is consuming a lot of resources, malware may be impersonating this Windows process. And by a large amount of resources I mean overcoming the barrier of megabytes in your computer's memory. This process typically takes up much fewer resources.

If you don't know how to check this information, You simply have to press the CTRL + ALT + DEL key combination to bring up the option to open the task manager. Once in the administrator we can go to the processes tab and search for LockApp.exe. To the right of the name we can see the resource consumption it currently has.

So, once you have checked the resource consumption of this executable, if you want to eliminate this process you should not only right-click on the process and click finish task. But we have to run an antivirus and review the security status of our computer to check that malware is not affecting us.

Scan LockApp.exe on your computer

A priori, LockApp.exe is an executable necessary for the correct functioning of the computer and it is not recommended to eliminate this function. Although you can disable this process, first We are going to investigate if we really have malware that affects the PC lock screen process.

So, before eliminating LockApp.exe from the computer, we are going to use a Windows tool to understand how this executable is behaving and if it is being faked by malware. We are just going to wear Windows Defender for this analysis.

Therefore, to resolve your doubts about LockApp.exe, we are going to follow these steps.

1. Open Windows Defender.
2. Start a full system scan. This will take some time to complete.
3. Once the process has finished, eliminate all detected threats by clicking on «Remove threats"
4. Restart your computer.
5. Once restarted open the task manager (CTRL + ALT + DEL) and checks the consumption of the LockApp.exe process.

If the process has returned to normal and hardly consumes resources, you will have managed to eliminate the problem by eliminating the threat directly with Windows Defender, but If everything remains the same we will have to take more drastic measures.

How to disable LockApp.exe

Since we have not been able to find a quick solution to our problem, we are going to solve it ourselves once and for all. In this case let's disable the executable directly from the Windows registry editor. It is somewhat more complex but it is effective. So, before continuing you can hacer una copia de seguridad del registro de Windows 10 y asegúrate de that you follow all the steps to the letter.

Now, follow these steps carefully for it to take effect.

1. Open "Run" in the system either by searching for it in the search bar in Start or by pressing the combination Win + R.
2. Inside the Run box type "regedit" and hit Enter.
3. The Windows registry editor will open and where it says "Computer" write the following: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization."
4. Check if the last open registry folder is the “Personalization” folder, if instead of this, the last one is "Windows" you will have to create the "Personalization" folder.
5. Right-click on the Windows root folder and click "New" and then to "Clue". Now rename this new folder to “Personalization”.
6. Now, inside the Personalization folder you have to create a value called NoLockScreenPress right click and "New", seguidamente toca en "DWORD (32-bit) value".
7. Rename this new value and put "NoLockScreen".
8. Open NoLockScreen and change the value from 0 to 1 where it says “Value information”.
9. Press "Accept" and close the record. Next Restart the computer so that everything returns to normal.

And that's it, with this we will have managed to disable LockApp.exe so that it does not continue to give us errors. Note that This can be reversed at any time if you have the need for it.

Can check again using the task manager if this executable is still running on your PC. Although you may have also seen how when you restart the computer, the start screen no longer appears. It is another way to check if our changes have taken effect.

I hope this was able to solve the LockApp.exe problem on your computer. Remember to bookmark us for more tips like these and Share this article with your computer friendsThey will surely thank you.