Developed by Broadcom Corporation, bacstray.exe is the executable file for Broadcom Advanced Control Suite, the software for modem configuration, diagnosis, and device status monitor. It is known as the BackStray Application and is currently called BacsTrayD Application. Broadcom Advanced Control Suite launches from the modem via the Broadcom chipset run by bacstray.exe installed in Broadcom modem boxes and automatically loads during Windows startup. Bacstray.exe can also be launched by inserting the disc if desired by the user. It requires minimum amount of Windows system resources, as it uses only 92 kilobytes of memory viewable in the taskbar manager. Broadcom Advance Control Suite runs in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems. A Linux compatible version will most likely come up as Broadcom is recently underlined to have made remarkable improvements on the Linux system kernel. Coincidentally, no compatibility issues are reported about the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite software.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Broadcom Advanced Control Suite, 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 bacstray.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 bacstray.exe, belongs to, in this case Broadcom Advanced Control Suite