The ctpdesrv.exe process is an executable component file deployed into the system by the Creative Personal Media Storage Server application, which is a small program built into the firmware resources and driver software utilities that are bundled with Creative Nomad Jukebox devices. Creative Technology distributes these Creative Nomad Jukebox players with firmware and driver software installer packages that are embedded with support for widely used versions of Microsoft Windows, and the ctpdesrv.exe file is included as one of the EXE component processes stored in these installer distributions. These Creative Nomad Jukebox players are external MP3 and digital audio playback devices developed by Creative Technology for compatible Windows-based computers that are equipped with supported motherboards. The ctpdesrv.exe process is specifically deployed into the system by these Creative Nomad Jukebox drivers and firmware utilities as the EXE program dispatcher file of the Creative Personal Media Storage Server application, which serves as a digital content management tool for these Creative Nomad Jukebox players.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Creative Nomad Jukebox Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Personal Media Storage Server 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 ctpdesrv.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 ctpdesrv.exe, belongs to, in this case Creative Nomad Jukebox Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Personal Media Storage Server Application