The application ThinkAdvantage Access Connection uses the file qcwlicon.exe. The application is installed in ThinkPad laptops with built-in wireless cards. The file qcwlicon.exe displays a System Tray icon by which the user can access ThinkAdvantage Access Connections. ThinkPad laptops are distributed by IBM and it has a wireless capability that is designed to make the signal stronger for the users. Qcwlicon.exe can be seen in the System Tray. Upon initialization, the EXE file will launch the ThinkAdvantage Access Connections application. When the application begins to run in the system, the EXE file allows the user to view the connection status of the wireless network of the computer. The EXE file prompts the user several information such as the strength of the connection, the speed of the connection and how many bytes does the computer send and receive. Qcwlicon.exe activates the functionalities of the application which help the user in managing the network connection of his or her computer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ThinkAdvantage Access Connections, 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 qcwlicon.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 qcwlicon.exe, belongs to, in this case ThinkAdvantage Access Connections