Developed by Microsoft Corporation, cvtres.exe is the process driver for COFF Visual To Resource file, a utility that converts resource files into visual object files. Cvtres.exe is the main component for Visual Studio, an integrated development environment used for developing consoles and graphical user interface platforms alongside web sites, Windows forms applications, web services, and web applications in native codes together with the managed codes for the platforms by Microsoft Windows, such as Windows Mobile, .NET Framework, Windows CE, and Microsoft Silverlight. Visual Studio provides a code editor that supports code refactoring. It also contains integrated debugger that works as source-level debugger and machine-level debugger. Its built-in tools include forms designer that builds GUI applications, class designer, database schema designer, and web designer. Visual Studio supports many different programming languages through language services that allow its debugger and code editor to support almost any programming language, when language-specific services exist.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Resource Converter, 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 cvtres.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 cvtres.exe, belongs to, in this case Resource Converter