Known by the service name Corel Photo Album, also referred to as Desktop Media, the process called mediadetect.exe, which is a type of an executable or EXE file, and is a component of the program Corel Photo Album version 6, or Corel Photo Album Additional, which is produced by Corel Corporation. Corel Photo Album is an application that is designed to allow a computer user import files, which are digital images, from a digital camera, view those media, and organize them on the PC. This program also includes editing tools, such as red eye reduction or removal, rotation, cropping, and resizing. if this digital photo editing and managing software is essential to user, then the mediadetect.exe has a digital signature from Corel Corporation - VeriSign Time Stamping Services Signer. Also, mediadetect.exe is a file that is an instance of a Windows process, which means it is compatible with Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, such as Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Corel Photo Album, 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 mediadetect.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 mediadetect.exe, belongs to, in this case Corel Photo Album