The file apcmain.exe installs a process called Ascentive Performance Center. The file does not come pre-installed in laptops or CPUs, but is generally manually installed through the software that installed your Ascentive program such as Registry Cleaner, Anti-Malware, or other software from Ascentive. You can usually find the file in the following directory: C:\Program Files\Ascentive\Performance Center\apcmain.exe. The application enables users to manage all their Ascentive programs in one interface. File size may vary, depending on the version of the application that you installed. Generally, file size ranges from 3.164 KB to 612 KB. This can run as a background task, or you can disable it to free up valuable resources. Some users find that uninstalling the software that installed the application, does not automatically delete the apcmain.exe process. They would still find this running in the background even when there no longer is any software associated with that is installed on the computer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Ascentive Performance Center, 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 apcmain.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 apcmain.exe, belongs to, in this case Ascentive Performance Center