The odbcconf.exe file acts as a command line tool that allows the user to configure Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers and data source filenames. The EXE file is associated with the program Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), which comes from Microsoft Corporation. ODBC is utilized to access Database Management Systems (DBMS). An application which uses ODBC can be connected to other platforms, making little changes on the data access code. This process of connecting to other platforms and making changes to access codes are functionalities that are enabled by the odbcconf.exe file. Developers have come up with an ODBC driver to make ODBC independent from DBMS. The ODBC driver functions as a translation layer between the application and DBMS. With odbcconf.exe, an application connects to an ODBC driver to be able to access ODBC functionalities which can pass inquiries to DBMS, among others. An application that uses ODBC is called ODBC compliant.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Data Access Components, 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 odbcconf.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 odbcconf.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Data Access Components