The process mediadet.exe is a Disc Detector background application from Creative Technology Ltd. This background process is associated with some of the features of the sound card drivers like SandBlaster Cards from Creative Lab. The Disc Detector detects when a CD is inserted in the CD-ROM drive and automatically loads the appropriate application for it. It is enabled by default and shows up as an icon in the system tray at the bottom right-hand corner of the desktop. As a background application, it uses up very little power from the computer, but it can still cause some interference when running or installing a program. Since this is a non-essential process and is not a critical component of the operating system, users have the option to disable it or allow it to remain in their computer. It is however advisable for users to run a registry scan to determine if there are errors associated with this application.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Disc Detector, 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 mediadet.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 mediadet.exe, belongs to, in this case Disc Detector