The edd.exe process is an executable file that is packaged with the System Control Manager applet, which is also known as SCM Driver Daemon. The System Control Manager software or the SCM Driver Daemon application are virtual device drivers that are used by certain disk authoring tools. The edd.exe process is activated when a user accesses certain features of the associated virtual device application that implements the System Control Manager applet or the SCM Driver Daemon program to facilitate communications and data transmissions between the system, the virtual device and the applications that were used to install the virtual device in the system. This is done in order for the associated virtual device program and the SCM Driver Daemon applet or the System Control Manager software to perform the functions requested by the user.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as System Control Manager or SCM Driver Daemon, 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 edd.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 edd.exe, belongs to, in this case System Control Manager or SCM Driver Daemon