SQL Server Service Manager is the name of the application that installs on the PC through the sqlmangr.exe executable file. The file displays an icon on the System Tray, which provides you with easy access to the various services of your SQL Server. The file is generally regarded as an essential file, not for the system per se, but for system administrators who frequently need to access SQL server services. The process file’s general location on disk is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\sqlmangr.exe. The most common file size installed on Windows XP and higher is 74,308 bytes. If you do not want the file executing with every system loading during startup, you may safely disable and remove it from your startup list of processes. The file does load with startup because that is its default configuration, but since it is not an essential system file, you may remove it from your startup files without causing any harm to the system and to the SQL Server software.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as SQL Server Service Manager, 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 sqlmangr.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 sqlmangr.exe, belongs to, in this case SQL Server Service Manager