The file name distnoted.exe is a part of the software for Apple Utilities. The process is commonly known as Apple Mobile Device Helper, and its function is to enable your portable Apple devices to synchronize with iTunes every time it is plugged into your PCs USB port. iTunes has to be downloaded first and installed on your computer before the process can function. Once iTunes has been installed, alongside with the file distnoted.exe, your PC will now be ready to sync with your Apple device. When your device is connected to your PC via USB cable, your computer and device can exchange data. This is a safe file licensed by Apple, and is required to stay enabled if you want to have it ready for synching with your Apple gadgets. The file uses a relatively low RAM allocation, about 1.43 MB only, so you will not find it overriding other processes. The file’s common path is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\distnoted.exe.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Apple Mobile Device Helper, 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 distnoted.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 distnoted.exe, belongs to, in this case Apple Mobile Device Helper