The file cli.exe is a component of the Catalyst Control Center software installed through the driver for your ATI video cards. The file’s process name is ATI Command Line Interface. This is a background task that provides support for Catalyst Control Center. The file basically gives users the tool to manipulate configuration options provided in the Control Center application. Gamers are generally the heavy users of the file and the Control Center application, to configure the settings of their video cards for a better gaming experience. Regular PC users do not normally use the file. After initial configuration has been done, users generally no longer use the file. The file does not launch an essential process in terms of the functions and performance of their video cards. Your ATI video cards will function normally even with the file disabled. There have been reports that the file has a bug, which could result in several cli.exe files launched and running in Task Manager.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Catalyst Control 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 cli.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 cli.exe, belongs to, in this case Catalyst Control Center