The msdtc.exe process or Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) is a part of the Microsoft Windows operating system’s modern versions and is responsible for aligning transactions in a range of multiple resource managers like file systems, message queues and databases. MSDTC does the transaction coordination role, along with .NET and COM architectures. This EXE file is a transaction manager that allows client applications to provide many different sources of data in a single transaction and coordinates the distribution of transactions across all the enlisted servers in the transactions. The msdtc.exe process is installed within the Microsoft Windows operating systems; therefore it runs on all Windows platforms and uses Windows’ File Protection. It runs with a few privileges and acts within the Network Service account on a user’s local computer. The Microsoft’s Personal Web Server comes with it. It is considered that this process needs a Microsoft Application in order to operate well and is advisable to leave it as it is unless it is causing problems for the user’s computer system.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, 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 msdtc.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 msdtc.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator