The file that installs with roxwatchtray9.exe is the System Tray Applet for Roxio Easy Media Creator 9. The file provides an application to manage the various applications included in the multimedia creator. More specifically, the file provides an option to manage the Watched Folders application. Watched Folders is an application that simply keeps track of changes within the folders that were included on the “watch list.” Users can enable or disable the Watched Folders application. The process hogs CPU memory, as discovered by a number of users. For machines with low memory capacity, the file could become an issue because taking up too much CPU space hampers the performance of other processes. When CPU usage reaches its peak, the computer slows down, hangs, or sometimes shuts down on its own. A lot of users therefore, choose to disable the file to lighten the load of CPU memory. The file is usually saved in the Common Files subfolder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\SharedCOM\ roxwatchtray9.exe.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. roxwatchtray9.exe. is used by Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, If you shut down roxwatchtray9.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop roxwatchtray9.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, 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 roxwatchtray9.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, 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 roxwatchtray9.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 roxwatchtray9.exe, belongs to, in this case Roxio Easy Media Creator 9