The ctapr.exe process is an executable component file of the firmware resources and device driver utilities that are bundled with certain soundcards, devices and motherboards equipped with audio chipsets from Creative Technology. This means the ctapr.exe file is included as one of the EXE component processes among other resource files, SYS driver utilities and modular libraries that are pre-installed into Windows-based systems with these audio devices, soundcards and motherboards, or packaged into the standalone installer distributions of these associated firmware components and drivers. The ctapr.exe process is specifically deployed into the Windows-based computer as the executable program dispatcher file of the Creative Technology Audio Playback Redirection Engine application, which is a small program built into these Creative Technology firmware utilities and device driver software resources, and this application serves as a core component of these Creative Technology devices in integrating its digital sound processing features into the system and its audio playback functionalities into the Windows-based computer.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ctapr.exe. is used by Creative Technology Device Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Technology Audio Playback Redirection Engine Application, If you shut down ctapr.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ctapr.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Creative Technology Device Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Technology Audio Playback Redirection Engine Application, 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 ctapr.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Creative Technology Device Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Technology Audio Playback Redirection Engine Application, 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 ctapr.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 ctapr.exe, belongs to, in this case Creative Technology Device Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Technology Audio Playback Redirection Engine Application