The process sc_acrobat.exe is a QuickStart utility installed as part of Adobe Reader/ Acrobat 7.0. QuickStart is a loading method used by software applications to speed-up loading time of their software. It has an icon in the system tray, and it loads base components of the application like core files in the RAM during computer startup, so that the application will start up quickly when the user accesses it. QuickStart utilities use up RAM even when the application is not open and it can actually decrease the performance of the system. It delays the system startup, since the computer uses up time to read the QuickStart application from the hard drive and additional CPU processing and sub-system usage as the application is loaded into the memory. Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader (version 7.0) use the QuickStart utility, but does not load the program into the memory. QuickStart utilities are a workaround for the poor performance of hard disk drives that are the traditional standards in desktop computers.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as QuickStart, 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_acrobat.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_acrobat.exe, belongs to, in this case QuickStart