The file fmsedge.exe, known as Adobe Flash Media Server, belongs to software Macromedia Flash Server. This software offers a unique combination of traditional streaming media capabilities and a flexible development environment for creating and delivering interactive and innovative media applications. This application, together with Macromedia Flash Player and Macromedia Professional makes the Flash Platform an effective solution for creating and delivering rich media applications across browsers and many operating systems. Flash Media Server has scalable Edge-Origin servers, which are optional enterprise-ready architecture that simplifies load balancing, clustering, and failover to achieve greater streaming reliability and scalability. The programmable streaming environment includes a robust API for precise code and control over media streams, assets, and features that include user authentication, custom interactivity, and bandwidth detection. Flash Media Server operates across standard Windows or Linux servers and integrates with existing databases as well as Web and data services.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Macromedia Flash Server, 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 fmsedge.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 fmsedge.exe, belongs to, in this case Macromedia Flash Server