The file called apcsystray.exe is located in a the C: directory under the Program Files folder. The process belongs to the PowerChute Personal Edition which was made by American Power Conversion company. The file is usually 417,855 bytes on the Hard Disk Drive, but the size may differ on various versions of Operating System such as Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The program deals about the tray notification of the American Power Conversion (APC) Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) monitoring. The user will see the icon beside the clock in the tray but this process is not a Windows core file. Apcsystray.exe has the ability to hide itself and as well as monitor other applications. The user may have the option to remove the process by removing the software called PowerChute Personal Edition, but the user may not be able to monitor the level of the back up battery anymore. The removal can be done through the Add/Remove utility located in the Control Panel of Microsoft Windows User.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as PowerChute Personal Edition, 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 apcsystray.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 apcsystray.exe, belongs to, in this case PowerChute Personal Edition