The sc.exe process is installed in the Windows operating system and supplies the computer with utilities that develops services for Windows. This process communicates with installed services and the Service Controller. The sc.exe process recovers and sets the control information about specific services. It can be used to test and debug other service programs. The properties of the services are stored within the registry and can be set to control how the applications of the services are started from boot time and to be operated as the background processes. The file sc.exe parameters can integrate a specific service, regain the current status of a specific service, and also start and stop a service. Batch files can be created by the users that can call various commands to implement the startup or shutdown sequence of the services. This process is an essential file of the computer system and should not be terminated. It can enhance the performance of the computer system and is an executable file.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as System Controller, 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 sc.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 sc.exe, belongs to, in this case System Controller