The executable program banner.exe directly supports the gaming software Atari Anniversary Edition from Infogrames. This file is also referred to as StartMe or Game Startup Screen and it opens up the window for the software during the computer start up. The Atari Anniversary Edition software is a collection of several arcade games including Asteroids and Centipede, and was first releases on 2001. The file banner.exe can be located inside the subfolders of the Program Files folder of the local drive directory and occupies 509 KB of disc space. This file is not a core component of windows or any operating system, and maybe removed without posing any damage to the computer. When running, it pulls up the main window of the software and allows the user to pick from the collection of arcade games available. Disabling this process will prevent the gaming software from working properly.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Atari Anniversary 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 banner.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 banner.exe, belongs to, in this case Atari Anniversary Edition